SCRAPED (UP OR TOGETHER) Synonyms: 14 Similar Words

scraped (up or together)

verb

past tense of scrape (up or together)

as in earned

to get with great difficulty we're barely scraping together a living on the farm

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Luca Guadagnino‘s tech tale, which follows the five-day period in 2023 when Altman was fired and then rehired, earned rave reviews after its world premiere at New York Film Festival last week.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
But the respect the band had earned from the country firmament felt, at best, grudging.

— Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026

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