SCRAPING (TOGETHER) Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

scraping (together)

verb

present participle of scrape (together)

as in rounding up

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President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had turned what was once the world’s deadliest country into one of its safest, largely by rounding up tens of thousands of young men and sentencing them to prison in mass trials.

— Jack Nicas, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Now Trump’s folks are rounding up and deporting people who were jailed in their home country for the sin of defending democracy.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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Byfield beat goalie Samuel Ersson with a snap shot from the high slot, with Drew Doughty picking up his third assist of the night on the play.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
But the tireless churn of his storytelling, picking up and depositing little clues of what came before, is the mark of an auteur who has barely scratched the surface of his prowess.

— Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

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The company has been expanding and reshaping the property ever since acquiring it, most notably with the opening of Denali Square in 2016 and another 99-room complex in 2019.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
That would make SpaceX the acquiring company in a stock swap, and potentially give Musk the best chance of controlling a combined entity.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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In the second half, as the Nittany Lions defense wore down, King Miller and Waymond Jordan took over, including salting away the game on the final drive in the fourth quarter.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
As the Celtics were salting away a 136-107 waxing of the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night that featured standout performances from Josh Minott and Neemias Queta, Mazzulla took both players to task for blowing defensive assignments.

— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025

Definition of salting away

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