CREEPS UP Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

creeps up

verb

present tense third-person singular of creep up

as in sneaks up

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Hotels show what this looks like in an industry few people associate with AI, because every improvement there shows up in a nightly rate, a labor hour, a guest review or an owner’s cash flow.

— Roman Pedan, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
The bill shows up around 18 months later, when teams are paying a premium and giving up useful features on systems that never touched regulated data in the first place.

— Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of shows up

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Each unit comes equipped with a flat-screen TV (screencast only), a Bluetooth audio system, and heating and air conditioning.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
The attack comes just days before fall classes begin at the historically Black university, unsettling students who had recently moved into residence halls and completed freshman orientation events.

— Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of comes

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Other governments, including the US, have their own rules and disclosure requirements, but beyond the breadth of the controls in China, the sheer number of people affected is striking – and reaches far beyond civil servants.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
By July and August, the mountainsides have turned green, wildflowers bloom across the alpine tundra, and Skagway is at its busiest as the cruise season reaches its peak.

— Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of reaches

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That seems rather unfair on those who operated well under their PSR limit, and a concession offered by the EFL arrives in the form of a transitional ‘allowable headroom injection’.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Much will depend on temperatures and the elevation of the snow level when each storm arrives.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026

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