Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boot (up)
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Research shows these early exposures prime the immune system to recognize outside invaders for life.—
Matt Fuchs,
Scientific American,
15 Apr. 2026 -
Downtown Los Angeles residents, businesses and other city boosters want to try to prime the pump, using a program like San Francisco’s to help small businesses take over vacant storefronts and turn the lights back on, said Cassy Horton, co-founder of the Downtown Residents Assn.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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The enforcement effort also included educating business owners on how to spot a skimmer.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Hengemuhle said that, as human beings, there is a responsibility to do everything possible to combat hate, which requires understanding and educating one another, as well as drawing on different policing and professional backgrounds.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Or was everyone present sufficiently schooled in Vermeer’s symbolic array?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Campus founder Tade Oyerinde will school us on new models for education.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Gable was granted three weeks of maternity leave, followed by three weeks of remote work, but was then instructed to return to working in close proximity to Dantzer.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Council members instructed the Los Angeles Housing Department to detail outcomes of the measure’s tenant outreach and education program.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Mount Carmel pitcher Jake Matise received a piece of information Friday morning that provided him with some extra focus and motivation to take into his start later in the afternoon.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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Inter Miami provides the best challenge and litmus test yet.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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Jean-Baptiste, who trained as a cellist, arranges his songs—some of which are barely over a minute long—like a chamber cycle punctuated with interludes.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
14 Apr. 2026
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A couple of years earlier, consultant company McKinsey forecast AI will add trillions to the global economy, while emphasizing job losses can be mitigated by training workers to do new things.—
Christos Makridis,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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As Anthropic and OpenAI gear up for likely debuts on the public markets later this year, each have recently inked a bolt-on acquisition over the past week.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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The first was to gear up – alongside companies like Corning Glass and the Engelhard Company – to develop technology to meet the 90% cuts.—
Ann E. Carlson,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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Making a little go a long way As cinnabar was costly, the client had to purchase and supply it.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
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About 80% of its oil flowed through the Strait of Hormuz, and Qatar had been supplying a quarter of its LNG.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Boot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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