Examples of ramp-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web However, HelloFresh also said that this ramp-up in production of ready-to-eat meals was taking a chunk of costs out of overall sales. Ryan Browne, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024 Launched by Paramount Pictures’ Brad Grey in 2013, Paramount TV Studios has been the smaller of the two and its volume was impacted when Paramount+ pared down its scripted originals ramp-up plans to stem streaming losses. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024 There’s the Paris Olympics, which began last month and continues through Aug. 11, as well as the ramp-up to the U.S. presidential election in November. Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024 And there has been some concern that the early start to camp, and trans-Pacific travel a week before the start of the domestic schedule, might have disrupted pitchers’ typical spring ramp-up process. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for ramp-up 

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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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Cite this Entry

“Ramp-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ramp-up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2024.

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