beef (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beef (up)
Verb
  • Accompanied by a business delegation, investment deals were inked, along with agreements to strengthen business ties.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 14 July 2025
  • For example, strengthening your biceps can enhance your ability to perform a pull-up.
    Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Kenya’s government withdrew the tax bill in June last year in the wake of the demonstrations, but outrage has intensified over the recent death of a teacher in police custody and the shooting of an unarmed street vendor by police.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
  • But as the strikes intensified, targeting infrastructure and killing ordinary citizens, many Iranians began to conclude that the attacks were not merely a war against the regime but a war against the nation itself.
    MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • So, do not try to enhance your level by changing a Director role to a VP one.
    Robin Ryan, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • While administration officials tout the bill as a tool to enhance public safety, immigration experts caution that the funding far exceeds what's needed to target serious criminal offenders.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • His remarks signal that military co-operation between Moscow and Pyongyang is likely to deepen.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
  • The Three Dots and a Dash features juicy orange contrasted against textured spice, grassy rum deepened with rich honey, with the lime and falernum reminding you that this is all a tropical experience.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Still, this latest phase in the White House’s trade war heightens the threat of potentially more severe tariffs that’s been hanging over the global economy.
    Alex Veiga, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
  • The tension between the state and Trump heightened at the end of May, before the state's track and field championship, which saw a trans athlete take first place in two girls' events.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
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“Beef (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beef%20%28up%29. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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