SCRAPE (TOGETHER) Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

scrape (together)

verb

Definition of scrape (together)

as in to put by

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More than twice as many Palantir calls traded than puts by volume Monday, with traders buying 56,000 calls and fewer than 25,000 puts, according to ThinkOrSwim data.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
This tidal locking, simply put by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is the result of the gravitational effect of the Earth on the Moon.

— Ray Petelin, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026

Definition of put by

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But in practice, the cameras are being used to closely monitor spaces far removed from traffic like residential areas and even swimming pools, while ICE is tapping into the network to round up people for deportation.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
At a village not far from the nullah where the tigers were, a crew of about 100 beaters was rounded up.

— Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of round up

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Xenex LightStrike Infections acquired inside hospitals remain a serious problem, especially when harmful germs survive on surfaces after a patient leaves a room.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Leaders can distinguish between capabilities required on day one and knowledge that a capable person can reasonably acquire.

— Sheila Callaham, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of acquire

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Tim Curry’s magic lay in his ability to be outrageous without being self-conscious, Tom Nichols writes.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
But Fosdick’s real radicalism lay in his insistence that Scripture was not static or inerrant but needed to be read in the context of an evolving culture and country.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of lay in

Verb

This does, however, seem to be another case of the Netflix name being able to assemble and pay a big-name cast for relatively lackluster results.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Engineers have assembled a prototype air-cooling rig to test the passive safety systems.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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