up until

idiom

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

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The club’s initial second-quarter results, released on Wednesday, only concerned events up until December 31 and so did not reveal the settlement terms with Amorim and his staff. Mark Critchley, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026 Model data up until yesterday was all over the place, not even able to decide on what day or days to expect the potential storm. Ron Smiley, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026 The breweries would no longer have to work with a distributor to get their beer to, say, local restaurants, up until a certain amount. Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 23 Feb. 2026 Pruehs, the political science professor, said the Democratic candidates can stake out positions on the left up until the primary election. John Aguilar, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 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 4 Mar. 2026.

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