chalk up

Example Sentences

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Given those gains, it would be hard to chalk up today’s moves to much more than profit taking.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Studio executives and theater operators chalk up the improved prospects to several factors, including a better and more plentiful crop of bankable movies that are giving consumers more reason to trek to the multiplex.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

If he weren’t a trauma doctor, you might chalk up the missing headgear to romantic imagery and an homage to “Then Came Bronson.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Let’s chalk up your girlfriend’s comments to momentary bad judgment.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

He began to chalk up a list of all the student’s names.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss