top up
verb
topped up; topping up; tops up
British
: to make up to the full quantity, capacity, or amount
British
: to replenish a supply
Examples of top up in a Sentence
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Home charging s one of the benefits EV owners enjoy most: starting every day with a full charge and topping up overnight.
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
Extended-range EVs, like the Mazda MX-30 R-EV, use a battery which can be independently charged and is topped up by the rotary engine.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
In the case of the OVO Energy-Nissan trial, the V2G charger was £3,700 more expensive than a unidirectional smart charger that can automatically top up a car at the cheapest times and thus save money.
—Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
By the end of 2023, there were almost 8,000 places to quickly top up an EV (28% of them exclusive to Tesla).
—Kyle Stock, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
Here was a man who could be bought, greedy to top up his demeaning £30 annual salary.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Once your phone, watch, and/or headphones are totally topped up, the dock will switch to trickle mode to prevent overcharging.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
Filling a car up with hydrogen is quick, more akin to topping up with gas than waiting between 15 minutes and several hours at an EV charging station.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2024
Save your self a step Easter day by making the lemon curd topping up to two weeks in advance.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2024
Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
Extended-range EVs, like the Mazda MX-30 R-EV, use a battery which can be independently charged and is topped up by the rotary engine.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
In the case of the OVO Energy-Nissan trial, the V2G charger was £3,700 more expensive than a unidirectional smart charger that can automatically top up a car at the cheapest times and thus save money.
—Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
By the end of 2023, there were almost 8,000 places to quickly top up an EV (28% of them exclusive to Tesla).
—Kyle Stock, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
Here was a man who could be bought, greedy to top up his demeaning £30 annual salary.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Once your phone, watch, and/or headphones are totally topped up, the dock will switch to trickle mode to prevent overcharging.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
Filling a car up with hydrogen is quick, more akin to topping up with gas than waiting between 15 minutes and several hours at an EV charging station.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2024
Save your self a step Easter day by making the lemon curd topping up to two weeks in advance.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Top up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20up. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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