How to Use chalk up in a Sentence
chalk up
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The appointment where pain was chalked up to stress.
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Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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And the injuries can, at least partly, be chalked up to bad luck.
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Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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A lot of writers can chalk up a high body count in a mystery or thriller.
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Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2022
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Rodriguez’s setbacks can be chalked up, in part, to bad luck.
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Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
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Wade’s first couple weeks of this season couldn’t just be chalked up to bad luck.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Of course a lot of that could be chalked up to just coincidence.
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Gisele Grayson,
NPR,
23 May 2024
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Some of that could be chalked up to the ebbs and flows of development.
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Max Bultman,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Often it gets chalked up to toxins, diet, stress—take your pick.
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Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Adraee chalked up the whole situation as a win.
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ABC News,
8 June 2026
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Adraee chalked up the whole situation as a win.
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Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Rangers pitchers chalked up 42 strikeouts in the three-game sweep.
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Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas News,
3 Aug. 2023
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Chapman made his own out on the bases, though it could be chalked up as a sneaky heads-up baserunning move.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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Insurance start-ups can chalk up that slow growth to the fact that most are only a few years old.
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Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
30 July 2021
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Losses can be chalked up to software falling out of favor again.
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Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
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Last season, some of that can be chalked up to injuries on the offensive line.
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Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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His offensive production is down, but some of that can be chalked up to bad luck.
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Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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That cannot simply be chalked up to the doubts around his ability to serve a second term.
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor,
The New Yorker,
25 July 2024
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Your instinct that something is different could be chalked up to that.
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Abigail Van Buren,
oregonlive,
11 July 2023
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That action can likely be chalked up to profit taking.
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Alex Harring,
CNBC,
30 Dec. 2025
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That way, it will be chalked up as a personnel problem rather than a personal one.
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Abigail Van Buren,
cleveland,
15 Sep. 2023
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Perhaps it can be chalked up to thorough White House research.
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Justin Fishel,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2023
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Nvidia easily chalks up more sales in a quarter than its next three largest rivals combined.
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Ian King,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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Thiago has chalked up three goals in the last four gameweeks, sitting joint-third for big chances in this time with five.
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Holly Shand,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Yu was the fourth different Sun Devil to chalk up the low score of the day this week.
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Michelle Gardner,
The Arizona Republic,
31 May 2021
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That’s largely been chalked up to a matchup issue for Minnesota.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
16 Apr. 2024
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Part of that melancholy can surely be chalked up to some run-of-the-mill, parasocial attachment.
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Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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In part, this shift can be chalked up to the visual- and envy-driven world that social media has ushered in.
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Meagan Francis,
The Atlantic,
26 Aug. 2025
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Becerra chalked up the attacks directed at him as the price of leading in the polls.
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Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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Bonds chalks up interest to Witt being one of the brightest stars in baseball.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2025
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If Haddish’s trust meter seems off, a lot of it can be chalked up to her horrific childhood.
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Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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