chalk up
Example Sentences
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By some measures, individual stocks in the U.S. have been less correlated than ever this year, which many chalk up to the race to identify AI winners and losers across industries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Sure, party leaders can try to chalk up this result to a one-off mistake.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
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
