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And as part of Hoag’s ambitious expansion at its Sun Family Campus in Irvine, which will add six new buildings, institutes dedicated to digestive health, cancer and women’s health and 155 new inpatient beds when complete next year, its leadership is in the midst of a staffing ramp-up. Victoria Le, Oc Register, 23 Nov. 2025 Collaboratively, with input from the performance staff, the Hornets have a step-by-step ramp-up process to ensure players are not rushed back or immediately overexerted. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 22 Nov. 2025 The ramp-up in-season was unusual for a pitcher; however, Ohtani is anything but normal. Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025 But all of our big dreams to be able to power that great American comeback require a massive ramp-up in the source of power. Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ramp-up

Word History

Etymology

derivative of the phrasal verb ramp up — more at ramp entry 2

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ramp-up was in 1980

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“Ramp-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ramp-up. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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