up until

phrase

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

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Swift’s mission scientists have slowly been turning the telescope’s instruments back on to collect data and make observations right up until the end — which is actually accelerating the observatory’s decline. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 Wind advisories remain up until later today from the Delmarva Peninsula up to central Massachusetts - including Dover, Delaware; Philadelphia; New York City; Hartford, Connecticut; and Worcester, Massachusetts -- for winds gusting up to 50 mph. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 Project 410 has been kept tightly under wraps up until this point, with Royal Huisman previously sharing only a little information about design and construction. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026 Dolly Parton, not necessarily so much — country was not a huge part of the MTV landscape up until fairly recently. — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 24 Sep. 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 3 Oct. 2026.

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