bulked

verb

past tense of bulk
1
as in increased

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2
as in bloated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulked
  1. increased
  2. flooded
  3. inflated
  4. shoved
  5. distended
  6. glutted
  7. proliferated
  8. loaded
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  • During a July 27 Highfill Water and Sewer Committee meeting, Kahrl reported the number of active water meters in the city increased from 2,077 to 2,285 over 12 months.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • More recently, the evolution of AI has increased the ease with which these websites can be populated with content, eliminating the need to pay writers and automating the production of social media posts.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of increased
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  • Authorities were assessing who else needed help, including many whose homes weren't flooded but were cut off by floodwaters.
    — MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • About 90% of the city was flooded ​following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, according to the White House.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of flooded
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  • The Middle East and Russia-Ukraine conflicts have also sharply inflated the cost of diesel fuel, which is used by long-haul trucks.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Starting in 2019, however, the refill accelerated, and the local peak inflated at a rate of more than 22 cm a year.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of inflated
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  • Brady Tkachuk quickly spun to face Ullmark and shoved the puck under the goalie’s pads for his seventh goal of the season.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • These are coaches who are being shoved into the mayhem, even as a method of survival.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of shoved
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  • Films today tend to err on the side of length in a way that can feel like fiction being distended.
    — Elissa Suh, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
  • But the groaning synthesizer underneath her bashful smile tells you something is off — a crystalline tone now distended, unnerving.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of distended
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  • By Wednesday evening, the intersection of the high rise was taped off and nearby streets were glutted with flashing police vehicles as officers with long rifles and dogs streamed into and out of the building.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The walls are glutted with oil portraits, and antiques sourced from l’Isle-sur-Sorgue are the real thing; staff are dressed in somewhat cumbersome costume (medieval-style bodices and straw boaters) but ever attentive.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Definition of glutted
Verb
  • Chmerkovskiy quickly took down the offending TikTok, but not before fan screenshots proliferated and Inaba got wind of it.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • It was usually made with gin, but Fizz variations proliferated throughout every spirit and style.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of proliferated
Verb
  • The process sends digital instructions between devices; the odor itself comes from supplies already loaded into the wearable.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Down two, the Rays loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but Liam Hicks grounded into what initially was ruled a game-ending double play.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
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