How to Use rake in in a Sentence

rake in

phrasal verb
  • The sale raked in at least $45 million in less than a week.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 27 July 2023
  • The more views and ad money a YouTube video rakes in, the more money the creator can get.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • That’s the largest sum the foundation has raked in since it got started in 2017.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The 18 Ohio betting apps raked in $3.7 billion, so almost all of it.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The state is raking in half a billion dollars a year in taxes.
    Gene Johnson, Andrew Selsky, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Ziff adds that the agencies are raking in money as a quasi-landlord.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 20 June 2023
  • While the price wasn’t revealed in a joint press release, Fortune reports that Kiss raked in upwards of $300 million in the sale.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The film raked in $162 million at the box office during its opening weekend.
    Maressa Brown, Parents, 25 July 2023
  • In all, Manton raked in some $17 million (in today’s dollars) from his schemes.
    Time, 25 July 2023
  • But even if everyone’s cars are nestled up next to each other, Musk is still raking in the big bucks.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The film has raked in nearly $1.5 billion worldwide since its release last May, and is the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. and 12th-highest in the world.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
  • Over the last decade, the short-term rental industry in the United States has raked in an astounding $33 billion in revenue.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The operation raked in money at a rate that surprised Mr. Lu.
    Isabelle Qian, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The Sacklers are estimated to have raked in more than $10 billion from opioid sales in the years after.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Ash Farley, a high school senior in New York, says teens are well aware platforms are raking in their data.
    Jasper Davidoff, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Apr. 2024
  • First came latte makeup, which exploded on TikTok and has raked in over 220 million views in the past few weeks.
    Elle Turner, Glamour, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The now-classic first film raked in over $467 million at the time and became one of the year’s most profitable theatrical releases.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
  • OpenAI's chatbot rakes in over half of the monthly users who tap into the tools considered in the study (1.67 billion out of 3 billion).
    Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The first batch of shoes went on sale in May, reportedly raking in $437 million; a second batch went on sale in August.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
  • At that point, the show had raked in 10 Emmys, the Fab Five’s contracts were ending, and each member was juggling their own business ventures and side projects.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile, she’s raked in tens of thousands on OnlyFans.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Former President Donald Trump's mug shot appears to have helped his 2024 campaign rake in the cash.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Balking at the tax breaks their competitors are raking in could leave the company playing catch-up.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
  • By infecting millions of users, the developers could rake in a tidy amount of profit.
    Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
  • Demand for the rally comes after Trump raked in more than $7 million in initial marketing of his mug shot.
    Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The treasure trove is estimated to rake in a whopping $13.8 million.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Interest rates were super low, and mortgage bankers were raking in cash.
    Andrew Ackerman, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2023
  • According to the company, TikTok also counts each loop of the video as a view, allowing videos to rake in massive view counts.
    Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The franchise as a whole has raked in almost $580 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
    Dan Heching, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Our labor on its tools following its rules has helped the company rake in billions in search revenue.
    Toni Allen, Fortune, 3 May 2024

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