SCRAPING (TOGETHER) Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

scraping (together)

verb

present participle of scrape (together)

as in rounding up

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Now Trump’s folks are rounding up and deporting people who were jailed in their home country for the sin of defending democracy.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Paramount’s Heart of the Beast is rounding up around $11 million in its second weekend for a cume of roughly $38 million.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026

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But the tireless churn of his storytelling, picking up and depositing little clues of what came before, is the mark of an auteur who has barely scratched the surface of his prowess.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Most of the wild weather starts tonight, with wind speeds picking up and temperatures ticking up during the overnight hours behind a warm front and warm air advection.

— Ron Smiley, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Stearns’ greatest trade was acquiring Christian Yelich from the Miami Marlins in January 2018 for Lewis Brinson, Isan Díaz, Monte Harrison and Jordan Yamamoto.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
The resident genius also didn’t do so well in acquiring Edwin Díaz, his other prize free-agent winter signing who was injured throughout the year and was barely needed in the playoffs.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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In the second half, as the Nittany Lions defense wore down, King Miller and Waymond Jordan took over, including salting away the game on the final drive in the fourth quarter.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
As the Celtics were salting away a 136-107 waxing of the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night that featured standout performances from Josh Minott and Neemias Queta, Mazzulla took both players to task for blowing defensive assignments.

— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025

Definition of salting away

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