up until

idiom

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

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Hall was arguably Newcastle’s player of the season up until the point of his injury, but has since been replaced seamlessly at left back by Tino Livramento. Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 China, up until this point, has been hesitant to allow ByteDance to give up its US stake. David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 Tariffs hadn’t significantly impacted business up until then. Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025 Chakriya Un, who runs the restaurant with her partner, Alexander Chaparro, was working the kitchen right up until the recent birth of their child. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 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 17 Sep. 2025.

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