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up until

idiom

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

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Each week has new deals up until Christmas Eve. Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 22 Nov. 2025 CDs have fixed interest rates that will remain the same for the entirety of the term, up until the account matures, while high-yield savings accounts have variable rates that will change based on market conditions. Matt Richardson, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025 Younger people, this outsider candidate wasn't really well known up until a certain point. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025 Finished in 1952 after four years' of renovation, the structure largely remained the same until up until the current construction work, but Presidents putting their own stamp on the interior of the iconic building is nothing new. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025 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 30 Nov. 2025.

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