up until

phrase

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

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The Together, Together tour up until this point included seven total stops, marked by 30-show run at Madison Square Garden in New York City. — Trisha Easto, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 Duke was a consistent presence on stage and screen up until her death in March 2016 from sepsis. — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 She's lived in South Philly for 57 years and said she's always had good neighbors, up until 2024 when the woman next door moved out and no one ever moved in. — Liz Crawford, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 The source of Stevie’s anger lay in the drug’s having sapped her ability to live and work with the zeal and ambition that had defined her life and career up until then. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026 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 25 Sep. 2026.

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