up until

idiom

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

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Danni Keane's American Bullies, Norman and Annabelle, have much in common as litter mates who have spent their entire lives together up until this point. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025 Additionally, High School Musical 3: Senior Year marked the biggest opening weekend for a musical film up until that point (though it was eventually eclipsed by Les Misérables in 2012). Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 5 May 2025 Every other private institution — and most public ones — compete brutally on price up until the May 1 reply date each year (and sometimes afterward). Ron Lieber, New York Times, 1 May 2025 But the Magic were playing their best all-around game of the series up until the flurry of fouls by Banchero. The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 30 Apr. 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 23 May. 2025.

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