sent up; sending up; sends up
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Examples of send-up in a Sentence
Noun
a singer-comedian who specializes in send-ups of pop hits
Verb
the sitcom sends up the “trials and tribulations” of the rich and famous
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Will Harris, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2024
That’s a good thing, according to the actor, who seems to have had her eyes wide open when agreeing to lead a send-up of Big Tech for a company like Apple.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
The goal is to send up one Dragon and one Starliner every year with crews, six months apart, until the station is retired in 2030.
—Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
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Noun
These people are all idiots, which is what makes this send-up of surveillance state paranoia so brilliant.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2024
That’s a good thing, according to the actor, who seems to have had her eyes wide open when agreeing to lead a send-up of Big Tech for a company like Apple.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
Verb
From there the drug is often sent up the Interstate 5 highway, making its way to the streets of San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, according to Brian Clark, the top Drug Enforcement Administration official in San Francisco.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
The goal is to send up one Dragon and one Starliner every year with crews, six months apart, until the station is retired in 2030.
—Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Send-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send-up. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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