up until

idiom

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

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The restaurant's website also noted that the restaurant only takes dinner reservations, and it has already been booked up until the end of July. Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 25 June 2025 Tennis, from travel to training to match play, consumed most of Townsend's physical and mental energy up until Adyn came along. Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025 Most other polls of the mayoral race have found Cuomo holding a significant lead over Mamdani, a Queens Assembly member who was up until a few months ago a relatively unknown figure in city politics. Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025 In their first summer together, England won six out of seven Tests, successfully chasing down what traditionally would have been difficult targets four times, and scored runs during their first year up until June 2023 at 4.65 per over. Paul Newman, New York Times, 20 June 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 4 Jul. 2025.

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