Thesaurus results for BOOT (UP)

boot (up)

verb

Definition of boot (up)

as in to prime

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Warm water, low light and a few screen-free minutes may prime the body for rest without pills, apps or expensive gadgets.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Removing product buildup and dead skin cells, whether with a mitt or a scrub like the new Dove Serum+ Radiance Body Scrub, helps smooth and prime your skin for the rest of your routine.

— Ellie Beeck, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of prime

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Faculty are chosen based on their track record of educating Black students.

— Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
He was educated at Middlebury College, and lived in New York City for 15 years, before settling back on the farm with his wife, Olga, and their children, Fiona and Abraham.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of educate

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Turns out that whoever at their urban university up north briefed them on their task had also schooled them in how to interact with rural Ozark folk.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
An expatriate resident of Riyadh told CNN their children were being schooled at home this week.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of school

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Defense lawyer Lawrence Obonyo, who represents Mackenzie and almost all of the others convicted, said he had been instructed to appeal.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Claude had been instructed never to log in, create accounts, enter personal information, make purchases or submit anything destructive.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of instruct

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These experts help train LinkedIn’s AI model on what authentic, useful posts look like.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Ocasio-Cortez is training her focus on Michigan, where El-Sayed, a fellow progressive, is locked in a competitive race against Rogers.

— Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of train

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Amazon is refreshing its Bee lineup as tech companies gear up for the holiday season with a slew of new AI hardware.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Score tech deals on the Amazon Fire TV Stick and Echo Pop Kids, and gear up for a Halloween movie marathon with a new smart TV.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of gear up

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Adnan Siraj Rakin, an assistant professor at Binghamton University, warned that robotics developers may face risks when relying on language models supplied by third parties.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Publicly, Pacific Fusion talks mostly about its future ability to supply electricity, a promise the fusion industry has made for years.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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