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as in to score
to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points
having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal
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as in to achieve
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory
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Recent Examples of rack up
That’s the last day in the tracking week in most parts of the world, which means the tune only had one day in which to rack up streams and sales that would eventually send it to the Billboard charts.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Prizes at Kura Revolving Sushi Bar Diners can rack up games and prizes at each outing.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2024
The performance came after the group racked up their sixth top 10-charting release on the Billboard 200 album chart with SPILL, which debuted at No. 5 with 66,000 equivalent album units earned for the week ending Oct. 24.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2024
Jeanty has racked up 1,525 yards on the season and is averaging 8 yards per carry.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Prizes at Kura Revolving Sushi Bar Diners can rack up games and prizes at each outing.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2024
The performance came after the group racked up their sixth top 10-charting release on the Billboard 200 album chart with SPILL, which debuted at No. 5 with 66,000 equivalent album units earned for the week ending Oct. 24.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2024
Jeanty has racked up 1,525 yards on the season and is averaging 8 yards per carry.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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But Fox scored twice in the second half and Creek beat Grandview for the second time in three weeks.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
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Goalie Yaroslav Askarov made a career-high 48 saves, and Thomas Bordeleau scored two power-play goals in the win.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 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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Put your energy into achieving your goals and fend off interference by keeping a low profile and making every move count.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 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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In an age when more and more games have taken on the continual live-service model, only so many can gain traction (some only last a few days).Cameron Koch, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
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More on where the GOP gained ground in the election.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 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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Geodesy informs everything from building sewers and making accurate maps of sea level rise to launching and tracking spacecraft.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
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