STRAIGHTEN (UP) Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

straighten (up)

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Definition of straighten (up)

as in to tidy (up)

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About 32,000 Illinois state employees and their family members are currently on the drugs, at a total cost of $149 million — a sum that Pritzker’s office says makes up 18% of the state’s prescription budget.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
In our community, parents have been able to make up a portion of the rest, but as the cuts keep piling up, more and more parents are considering leaving the system, creating a cycle of disinvestment.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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The chips in question are BM1370s, which together draw up to 600 W of power, and peak at a hashrate (how many guesses per second a miner makes) of 34 TH/s or 34 trillion guesses per second.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
The plan forms part of a public-private investment roadmap drawn up in July, which targets JPY20 trillion ($127 billion) in overseas sales by 2033.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of draw up

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Another motivating factor, according to unusually detailed filings that lay out Zuckerberg’s discussions with the board, was the possibility that he’d be forced to sell stock to pay a potential California billionaire tax.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The parties involved in the litigation—as well as Red Lobster itself, which is not being sued—declined to comment for this article, but their court filings lay out the sad saga in dramatic detail.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

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