up until

phrase

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

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Officials on both sides had seemed optimistic about a deal up until the very last moment. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026 Injury fortunes should factor into 2027 outlook Washington has been fortunate on the injury front up until this point. Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 New Mexico saw multiple boom periods where film and TV production spend grew considerably in classic Peak TV years and then also during the Streaming Wars era up until 2022. Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 Liaw co-founded Supermicro with Chairman and CEO Charles Liang and Liang’s wife, Sara Liu, more than three decades ago and served as a senior executive and board member up until the day his charges were unsealed on March 19. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Aug. 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 24 Aug. 2026.

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