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to come or be together as friends
former classmates who hooked up and started a business together
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Recent Examples of hooked up
Her arm was hooked up to an IV with a pulse oximeter clipped to her fingertip.
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Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Jenny has hooked up with Jonah again after a long, unexplained absence, and his presence is the elephant in the room.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
The two hooked up for JMU’s first score in the second quarter and combined on a 62-yard TD on the first play from scrimmage of the second half.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
In this safe house, Etminan went through dailies on a 2020 MacBook Air hooked up to a widescreen TV.
—Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
All that was needed, when 2Africa arrived on the beach, was for it to be threaded through into the cube, hooked up to the cables, and tested—simple enough to say, but in reality a process that would take weeks.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
The network then hooked up (some of) its linear feed and plugged it in to HBO Max for a streaming effort called CNN Max.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Carlsbad tied it at 14 when MacNeal and Darian Webb hooked up on a 50-yard catch and run.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
Two or three times a week, the group would incorporate extra conditioning using stationary bikes hooked up to oxygen.
—Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Jenny has hooked up with Jonah again after a long, unexplained absence, and his presence is the elephant in the room.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
The two hooked up for JMU’s first score in the second quarter and combined on a 62-yard TD on the first play from scrimmage of the second half.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
In this safe house, Etminan went through dailies on a 2020 MacBook Air hooked up to a widescreen TV.
—Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
All that was needed, when 2Africa arrived on the beach, was for it to be threaded through into the cube, hooked up to the cables, and tested—simple enough to say, but in reality a process that would take weeks.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
The network then hooked up (some of) its linear feed and plugged it in to HBO Max for a streaming effort called CNN Max.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Carlsbad tied it at 14 when MacNeal and Darian Webb hooked up on a 50-yard catch and run.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
Two or three times a week, the group would incorporate extra conditioning using stationary bikes hooked up to oxygen.
—Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hooked up
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The Port Washington project represents an over $15 billion investment by the three companies, according to the announcement, almost double Vantage's initial $8 billion price tag associated with just the first phase of development on 672 acres.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Kondo’s version is not necessarily religious, but does certainly come with some of the gravity associated with religion.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Oct. 2025
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Twenty-four sides travelled to Chile for the latest edition of a tournament that has given rise to some of the finest players across the globe.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Many suburbanites would come to Philadelphia to do their holiday shopping, while others traveled to the city for the annual Army-Navy football game, according to Britannica.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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The canal connected increasingly specialized regions in the early US, explains historian Roger Ransom.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
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Coming off of a Game 4 performance in the NLCS which still has baseball fans marveling, Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani connected on a two-run home run in the next half inning to cut into the Jays’ big lead.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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That cost-cutting measure, which is common in other long-running shows, continued for the drama's 2025-26 season.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Trump made the announcement on Truth Social after the Canadian province of Ontario began running a television advertisement in the United States featuring a speech from former President Ronald Reagan.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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In 2023, Kim and North joined forces for another mother-daughter costume, this time dressing as characters from the rom-com Clueless.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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More than 600 Middlebury students had also joined an online group to share updates of the extensive effort to find Smith, WPTZ reported.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the pair bonded over their profession and their recent divorces, and Tice would often share stories about his family.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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These bilayers were covalently bonded via secondary UV curing, ensuring strong interfacial adhesion and stability over 100 actuation cycles.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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Blue Jays utility player Ernie Clement atoned for an early base running mistake with a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning to get the scoring started.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Mamdani is running against independent candidate and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Those elements are mixed in with stories of rape, misogyny and ancestral theft that have occurred over generations, but the blend isn’t easy to follow and Chong’s message tends to get lost in the confusion.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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The remaining cacao nibs are heated, ground to a paste, and mixed with the barest amount of sugar and, if making milk chocolate, milk powder, before being transferred to a refiner.—
Aleksandra Crapanzano,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Hooked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooked%20up. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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