pulls in

verb

present tense third-person singular of pull in
1
as in contains
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) a company that cannot manage to pull in costs will not be in business for very long

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2
as in arrests
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law he was pulled in after a random traffic stop turned up drugs in his car

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Recent Examples of pulls in Where their routes diverge the van pulls in, next to a variety of vehicles, including bikes, single person robotaxis and more which are already waiting. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The note pulls in the opposite direction of the clean-laundry fragrances that dominated recent fragrance cycles. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026 As the boat pulls in, the children clamber over the side, wading through the shallows past abandoned, submerged school buildings. — Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026 Everyone in the building pulls in the same direction. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 25 May 2026 The star continuously sheds gas through strong stellar winds, and the black hole pulls in some of that material through its gravity. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026 The mix of arts, food and medical employment pulls in a wide demographic. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026 Balthazar The SoHo French brasserie remains the city’s reigning brunch institution, with oysters, fries and a happy hour that pulls in fashion power players and movie stars in equal measure. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026 Iowa State Fair — Mid-August The Iowa State Fair in Des Moines pulls in more than a million people each year and is one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulls in
  1. contains
  2. arrests
  3. controls
  4. seizes
  5. keeps
  6. runs in
  7. regulates
  8. grabs
Verb
  • The 25,000-square-foot facility contains a vertical test section measuring 20 feet in diameter and 24 feet tall.
    — Amy Galo, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The partnership also contains an unusual provision connected to a potential public offering.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of contains
Verb
  • Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of arrests
Verb
  • When your estrogen levels start to drop in midlife, your hypothalamaus, the part of the brain that controls your temperature regulation.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The areas Israel controls in Gaza have been mostly destroyed and depopulated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of controls
Verb
  • Better, Cretton seizes small moments to put his stamp on this installment.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Rhaenyra, queen of the Blacks, seizes the Iron Throne in King’s Landing with the support of Alicent, who has simply had enough of her unstable and terrible sons.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026
Definition of seizes
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  • Cohen said yielding ground to Iran would be difficult for the president, even if the conflict keeps gasoline prices elevated and poses problems for Republicans in November’s midterm elections.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Journal, rest, take a silent walk, or name the thought that keeps circling.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of keeps
Verb
  • Trailing 9-6, the Reds scored 10 runs in the fifth inning to take a seven-run lead.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Houston starter Cristian Javier (1-2) yielded seven hits and three runs in six innings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of runs in
Verb
  • Led by Guido Pagano, PhD, a physics and astronomy professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the research team developed a two-knob control system that independently regulates heating and cooling.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
  • Herzog said clock changes disrupt circadian rhythms, the body's internal clock that regulates sleep and other biological functions.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of regulates
Verb
  • For kids, anger often shows up when something doesn’t go their way—like when a playmate grabs their toy.
    — Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Timothy Olyphant grabs a drink ahead of his appearance on Late Night with Seth Myers on July 30.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of grabs

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