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as in to attribute
to explain (something) as being the result of something else
let's chalk up her weird behavior to simple nervousness
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as in to achieve
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
chalked up a record in singles tennis that is likely to stand for a long time
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Recent Examples of chalk up
Meanwhile, Disney in its latest earnings report announced somewhat lackluster spending from visitors to its US parks, which the company chalked up to jitters about the economy.
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David Goldman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Last year, the company won seven awards for innovation at CES, the world’s largest tech event, and it’s chalked up 18 awards there in all since 2017.
—Jenny B. Fine, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
Amazon chalked up a weak forecast in August to election distraction that would dampen demand for online shopping, a comment some mocked as an excuse.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
Biden's slim victory could be chalked up to him collectively carrying those counties by 15 points, nearly doubling Hillary Clinton's 8-point edge in 2016 against Trump, while doing only slightly better than Clinton in the rest of Georgia.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024
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David Goldman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Last year, the company won seven awards for innovation at CES, the world’s largest tech event, and it’s chalked up 18 awards there in all since 2017.
—Jenny B. Fine, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
Amazon chalked up a weak forecast in August to election distraction that would dampen demand for online shopping, a comment some mocked as an excuse.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
Biden's slim victory could be chalked up to him collectively carrying those counties by 15 points, nearly doubling Hillary Clinton's 8-point edge in 2016 against Trump, while doing only slightly better than Clinton in the rest of Georgia.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024
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The lack of regulation may help explain why the state has the nation’s lowest autopsy rate in child deaths attributed to unnatural or unknown causes — a category that includes suicides, homicides, crashes, drownings, overdoses and sudden infant deaths.Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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Depreciation and amortization expenses increased to $13.1 million from $12.2 million, attributed to new assets placed into service.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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The company has not yet achieved sufficient funding to develop or acquire a new business line.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The announcement reinforces the closeness Musk has managed to achieve with Trump, even after the election.David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Yet none of the genomes showed more than one percent European ancestry, a fraction low enough to be ascribed to a spurious statistical fluke.John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
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Data collected in the late 1800s and early 1900s suggested different races have different lung capacities, a phenomenon researchers ascribed to innate biology rather than social, economic or environmental factors.Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Park’s also appeared in Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen, but is perhaps most widely known for his long-running, two-time Emmy winning role on the CBS soap As The World Turns.Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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Electrified vehicles continue to win plaudits, as two of the nine finalists are powered purely by electricity and seven either offer hybrid versions or are built only in hybrid gasoline-electric form.Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Tether has been steadily plodding up all year, now at the highest market cap that it's ever attained.Brady Dale, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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Related article Ancient swimming ‘taco’ had ‘bug jaws,’ new fossils show This finding suggests that Arthropleura attained peak segmentation as an adult, rather than at birth.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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Democrats are grieving and searching for answers after an election that saw their nemesis reclaim the presidency while his fellow Republicans gained control of the Senate and may hold the House as well.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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With each passing month, buyers are gaining the upper hand as the inventory of unsold listings grows.Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Does Jeanty make that leaping catch on fourth-and-8? Watch the first quarter of Buffs-Utes one more time.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Elliott has yet to make a field goal from over 50 yards this season.Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Chalk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chalk%20up. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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