BRINGS UP Synonyms: 145 Similar and Opposite Words

brings up

verb

present tense third-person singular of bring up

as in raises

to bring to maturity through care and education it takes an immense commitment and a lot of love to bring up a child properly

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as in introduces

to present or bring forward for discussion I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money

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as in stops

to bring (something) to a standstill wasn't expecting the operator to bring up the carnival ride so suddenly

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Recent Examples of brings up As someone who still brings up how James Hinchcliffe and Sharna Burgess should’ve won season 23 in casual conversation, I am so pumped Sharna is back in the ballroom after four years. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026 Prosecutors can only introduce testimony about Santería in their rebuttal case if the defense brings up Sierra’s religion during the trial. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026 That kind of audit often brings up a short list of high-impact changes that don’t require a complete system overhaul. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 The commercial then brings up how drinking the energy drinks from Liquid Death or the light beer from Garage Beer can help anyone easily produce pee. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026 This brings up a live feed from a rear-view camera whenever the bike's radar detects traffic approaching from behind. — New Atlas, 18 July 2026 McCabe brings up a fantastic black-and-white picture on his laptop. — Stuart James, New York Times, 29 June 2026 But the mood quickly shifts when Beulah brings up Beth's late brother, Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley), whom Beth killed in the Yellowstone series finale to avenge her father, John Dutton (Kevin Costner). — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026 In the play, Chris brings up t1 American pilots, one of them possibly his father’s other son who died in the war. — Carl Kurlander, Deadline, 13 June 2026

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An Indian institution that’s built its operations around a foreign foundation model has no real recourse if that vendor raises prices, withdraws the model, hits new export restrictions or gets caught in a geopolitical dispute over chip access.

— Sajal Singh, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Israel, like many countries, raises money by selling bonds to investors, who then receive repayments with interest after a specified time period.

— Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026

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Meanwhile, widespread deployment of backup power generation introduces long-term environmental concerns.

— , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
Takaichi introduces tax cut and ambitious spending Takaichi, as part of her measures to combat rising prices, has pushed a two-year cut in the consumption tax to 1% from the current 8% and payouts to households.

— Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of introduces

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This halts the nuclear fusion process — which involves converting that hydrogen to helium — leading to the stars collapsing and shedding their outer layers to become a white dwarf with around the mass of the sun crammed into the width of Earth.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Nothing halts a celebration faster than having a bottle of wine to open but only having a broken wine opener or none at all.

— Mariette Williams, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of halts

Verb

Now a salesperson can type in what a customer wants, such as products, quantities, delivery options and available discounts, and Roadrunner’s multi-agentic system draws up a customer quote in minutes.

— Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Each electric arc furnace used in steelmaking has an operating power load between 40 and 200 megawatts, and the entire US steel industry draws up to 11 gigawatts of power at peak production across all facilities.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026