as in to achieve
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term
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PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
Becoming Led Zeppelin, the hybrid documentary-concert film from Sony Pictures Classics, rings up $993k on 940 screens in week 3 for a cume of $7.4 million.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025
The Eagles then rang up Daniels and the Commanders for 55 points in the NFC Championship game.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
The Agriculture Department regularly conducts unannounced visits to check out price-scanner systems to make sure prices advertised match with prices that ring up at registers.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025
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Our test unit rang up at $2,679.27—though IT buyers will likely pay less per unit—with an eight-core, vPro manageability-enabled Core Ultra 7 268V chip, the max 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 1,920-by-1,200-pixel IPS non-touch display.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
Becoming Led Zeppelin, the hybrid documentary-concert film from Sony Pictures Classics, rings up $993k on 940 screens in week 3 for a cume of $7.4 million.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025
The Eagles then rang up Daniels and the Commanders for 55 points in the NFC Championship game.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
The Agriculture Department regularly conducts unannounced visits to check out price-scanner systems to make sure prices advertised match with prices that ring up at registers.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Ring (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ring%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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