up until

idiom

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

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Although the two women remained close friends up until their arrest, their relationship may have gone south post-imprisonment. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026 Tarr shut down the school in 2016 but remained an academic in his post-filmmaking life; visiting teachers up until that time included the likes of Apichatpong Weerasethakul (whose own style owes a great deal to Tarr’s), Carlos Reygadas, and Gus van Sant. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026 Even up until this point, the conflict is still ongoing at the frontline in Ukraine. Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026 The first 19 minutes were scoreless despite five penalties, up until Axel Osborn put Winchester ahead on the power play. Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 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 7 Jan. 2026.

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