up until

idiom

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

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Below, Hardy catches up with THR about his career up until now. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025 Brandon Aiyuk is recovering from a torn ACL, and up until recently, Jauan Jennings had been nursing a calf issue. Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025 Since soon after his arrival in June, senior figures, including Frank and technical director Johan Lange, have reported to Venkatesham, who, up until Thursday, reported into Levy. Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025 Based on Netflix’s renewal history, that is a level of performance which would typically secure a pickup, giving the streamer another potent title that, up until a couple of months ago wasn’t even on its radar. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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