up until

phrase

: during the time or period before
Up until now, everything has gone very well.

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However, up until today, Dykes had largely avoided unpleasant bug encounters. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026 Late Fame was adapted faithfully from the Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler’s late nineteenth-century novella, itself a recent recovery, but the transposition to the present functions only up until this point. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Shut the doors and leave everything up until the following Christmas. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026 Morning temperatures are in the 50s, with temperatures slowly climbing all the way up until the cold front arrives tomorrow. — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for up until

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“Up until.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20until. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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