Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boot (up)
Verb
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Even mountaineering training guidance includes step-up exercises to help prime the glutes and quads for intense uphill climbs with a load on your back.—
Outside,
Outside,
31 Jan. 2026 -
This form of compassion helps prime us to act out our compassionate concern for others.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2026
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To many charter school advocates, declining enrollments are a result of IPS' failures to educate historically underserved students, sparking their flight to charters.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
3 Feb. 2026
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This requires architects and acousticians deeply schooled in theaters, and each has its own acoustical needs.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Not every child walks to school these days or takes a school bus.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The officers repeatedly instructed him to drop the weapon and attempted to isolate him in the home’s living room by closing a glass door between them and Chakraborty.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the same way humans might periodically scroll social media while working on other tasks, installing this file instructs the AI agents to periodically hang out on Moltbook.—
Tharin Pillay,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The promotion provides free admission to guests who wear Patriots gear.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
7 Feb. 2026
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The construction of the first dams on the Columbia River, including the Grand Coulee and Bonneville in the 1930s, provided jobs during the Great Depression as well as hydropower and navigation.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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The United States is leading in robot intelligence through advances in physical AI, in which machines are trained to understand physics and operate in the real world.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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The group trains community members to amplify local disputes into national stories.—
Christina Buttons,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Running from January 27 to 30, this season’s three-day schedule was more compact than usual, as organizers gear up for a major anniversary season in August.—
Amy O’Brien,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2026
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Snowmobile enthusiasts, gear up for the 57th annual International 500 snowmobile race week to kick off this weekend.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Due to weather conditions, firefighters initiated a second alarm as mutual aid from the Southington and New Britain Fire Departments supplied station coverage, according to fire officials.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Factbook also supplied superlatives that trivia buffs could count on, issuing Daily Facts of historical and geographical significance.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Boot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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