up until

idiom

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

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As the roster improved, the Mariners never let a team march into T-Mobile Park and beat them that way again — right up until this ALCS. Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Dahlia blooms keep color in the garden all summer and up until the first frost, even when other plants are fading fast. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025 The most radical change that the Boxster has undergone up until now was when its name was changed with the launch of the 982 in 2016. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025 New episodes drop every Thursday in multi-episode batches, up until the finale and reunion on November 20. Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 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 26 Oct. 2025.

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