up until

phrase

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

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As is pointed out here, this was also his most expensive feature up until then, costing about £900K, hardly a princely sum even then. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026 Hertzog also noted that the district’s rollback is currently the largest in the state of Missouri, meaning that of every school district statewide, Lee’s Summit has taken the largest voluntary cut on property tax revenue up until this point. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026 Book before September 7 for travel dates up until December 25, 2027. Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 The fruits of that outlay could be seen as Wrexham made light work of a Millwall side who were in the running for automatic promotion last season, right up until the final day. Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 3 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 13 Sep. 2026.

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