1
as in to attribute
to explain (something) as being the result of something else
let's chalk up her weird behavior to simple nervousness
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2
as in to achieve
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
chalked up a record in singles tennis that is likely to stand for a long time
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Recent Examples of chalk up
Any other symptoms, McKee said, were chalked up to her ongoing menstrual struggles.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 23 May 2025
Executives chalk up Mulan's earnings to the pandemic and the outlet reported that Christopher Robin was considerably less expensive to make.
—Jenna Dejong, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
And they’re being chalked up to figments of a patient’s hallucination!
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025
Perhaps all of this can be chalked up to establishing leverage for better deals in negotiations — taking Greenland, or at least getting functional control of it, ...
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 23 May 2025
Executives chalk up Mulan's earnings to the pandemic and the outlet reported that Christopher Robin was considerably less expensive to make.
—Jenna Dejong, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
And they’re being chalked up to figments of a patient’s hallucination!
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025
Perhaps all of this can be chalked up to establishing leverage for better deals in negotiations — taking Greenland, or at least getting functional control of it, ...
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chalk up
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The Innovation Gap: By The Numbers The wealth gap between the EU and US, which was 17% in 2002, has widened to 30% in 2023, with 72% of this gap attributed to productivity differentials rather than labor contribution.—
RSM Discovery,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Despite being one of the pre-tournament favorites, the Northern Irishman performed poorly in the event, which many attribute to his need to play with a different driver than usual.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Each country is responsible for developing its own plans for achieving those goals.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
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The Sanko Group venture announced that its Next-Gen Recycled Cotton (Pre-Consumer) and Next-Gen Recycled Cotton (Post-Consumer) achieved C2C Certified Circularity at Platinum level.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
2 June 2025
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Such takes ascribe an idiot savant quality to his governance style, furthered by what appears to be the presence of the Dunning-Kruger effect, in which confidence is conflated with competence.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2025
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Many persons believed the shock was due to an explosion, but investigation developed that no explosion had occurred and the tremors were finally ascribed to an earthquake.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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Earlier this week, the Trump administration threatened California with fines and legal action after a 16-year-old transgender athlete AB Hernandez won both the high school girls' high jump and triple jump at a California state track meet, according to CBS News.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Two Sacramento-area students won a national competition for their answers to that question as part of the build-up to next year’s celebrations of the nation’s 250th anniversary.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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At-home gaming, meanwhile, can attain up to 4K on equipped TVs.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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The new title-holder attains its historic week with 47,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the tracking week of May 23-29, according to Luminate, a 2% increase from the prior week.—
Trevor Anderson,
Billboard,
4 June 2025
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Turns out, after a haunting 4-3 loss in the 2024 Memorial Cup championship to the Saginaw Spirit, Cowan had a lot left to learn and to gain in his game.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained 3.6% on the month.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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Nash works part-time as a content creator by making gaming videos on YouTube.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
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Third, spend more time thinking about what makes one neighborhood safe and another unsafe.—
Malcolm Gladwell,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Chalk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chalk%20up. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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