keep up (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keep up (with)
Verb
  • If your laminate cabinets get scratched, Knoll suggests filling in the scratch with a wax stick that matches the color.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Ora was at the desk for a third consecutive season to fill in for Nicole Scherzinger.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Traffic Investigations Unit has been notified, police said.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Brown officials have not yet confirmed that they’ve been notified of the investigation.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station watch commander informed the Times no crime had taken place at the residence.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Giamatti plays Phillip, living alone in a Cape Cod estate inherited from his parents when he’s interrupted by a phone call informing him of the death of an old girlfriend Carol.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The order also instructed the military to refrain from teaching that America’s founding documents are racist or sexist and about gender ideology.
    Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
  • But the biggest fights lie ahead: The blueprint instructs the House and Senate to craft separate proposals that will eventually need to be reconciled.
    Riley Beggin, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • One of the women surrendered her wedding ring, worth an estimated $7,000, and the robber told the victims to leave the area.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In Leech, a parasitic hive mind that infests people discovers another parasitic hive mind that infests people, competing for the same brain space (told in first-person from the POV of the former parasitic hive mind).
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • TikTok clued us into the power of shaving your body—mainly your she-shrubbery—using what is technically a beard trimmer, because it's designed explicitly to motor through coarse hair.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But halfway through Bravo’s thoroughly regrettable 2003 series, producers clued Getzlaff into their super-problematic twist — half the men were actually straight and merely posing as gay in the hopes of winning a cash prize.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Attendees should familiarize themselves with emergency contact points and be prepared to assist others if needed.
    Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the beautiful campus, then take advantage of the plethora of programming that’s available to the public as well as students.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • That likely will not be received well by China, which advised the Trump administration to cancel all China tariffs Wednesday, NPR reported.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
  • His extensive boardroom tenure (14 years as Chair, President, and Director) sharpens his ability to mentor and advise.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Keep up (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keep%20up%20%28with%29. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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