Roundup

Definitions

1. An activity in which cattle are herded together in order to be inspected, counted, branded or shipped.
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2. A city, the county seat of Musselshell County, Montana, United States, which served as a place for cattle roundups.
3. The similar police activity of gathering together suspects.
4. The forcible gathering together of any particular group of people.
5. The summary to a news bulletin.
6. An upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
7. The finishing of an arrangement.

Equivalents

Examples

“Vichy's antisemitism as codified in the National Revolution was well established, and the first massive roundup of foreign Jews had taken place⟳ the previous fall⟳.”

“The BBC is to launch⟳ its first "vodcasts"—the video version of podcasts—with a weekly roundup from shows including the Ten O'Clock News, Newsnight and Question⟳ Time.\”

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