up until

idiom

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

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This is going to be a focal point right up until the trade deadline. Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 Gay equality activists fought for a long time to depathologize homosexuality, previously classified as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual up until 1973. Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025 But Betts, who has endured a difficult season up until this point, hit three doubles on the night to help overhaul the result and continue the Dodgers on a path to a World Series repeat. Ben Church, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 The uniform, featuring a yellow and white striped belt and gold buttons, is a refashioned uniform the Swiss Guard wore up until the 1970s, when members began to wear non-uniform suits to formal events outside the Vatican. Katie Kindelan, ABC News, 2 Oct. 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 9 Oct. 2025.

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