1
as in to survive
to continue to operate or to meet one's needs
let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave
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as in to preserve
to keep in good condition
kept the house up while the owners were gone
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3
as in to remain
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
let's hope this beautiful weather keeps up for the rest of our vacation
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Recent Examples of keep up
But many manufacturers don’t have enough CNC operators to keep up with the accelerating demand.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Never ones to let the cosmologists get in the way of a good time, the particle physics community kept up interest in the axion, finding different variations on the particle and devising clever experiments to see if the axion existed.
—ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
To keep up with its goal of building 45,580 new housing units by 2029, the city would have had to issue 5,698 new housing permits last year, according to a report the city released in April.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
The tourism district projects Disney World will add 8,000 hotel rooms and 11,000 employees over the next two decades to keep up with the growth.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Never ones to let the cosmologists get in the way of a good time, the particle physics community kept up interest in the axion, finding different variations on the particle and devising clever experiments to see if the axion existed.
—ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
To keep up with its goal of building 45,580 new housing units by 2029, the city would have had to issue 5,698 new housing permits last year, according to a report the city released in April.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2025
The tourism district projects Disney World will add 8,000 hotel rooms and 11,000 employees over the next two decades to keep up with the growth.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keep up
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Fifteen people survived, including the captain and all crew members except the chef.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
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Serra’s direction and Lively’s performance keep the film focused tightly on Nancy’s psyche, and the narrowing selection of options that requires her to get creative in order to survive.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
21 June 2025
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For Anthropic, the faster speed and lower cost of the destructive process appear to have trumped any need for preserving the physical books themselves.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2025
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That principle has served the UK’s economy and culture for over 300 years, evolving through numerous updates, including international agreements, and adapting to new technologies while preserving its core spirit.—
Virginie Berger,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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On Wednesday, more than 130 million Americans from Louisiana to Massachusetts remain under heat alerts.—
Kyle David,
ABC News,
25 June 2025
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Game support remains problematically limited, but Samsung has plans to fix that soon.—
Luke Larsen,
Wired News,
25 June 2025
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Sanders’ draft slide lasted until the third day, when Cleveland selected him.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Sunday's flight lasted about 10 minutes and 33 seconds, allowing the civilian crew a chance to unbuckle from their seats and briefly experience weightlessness in the capsule.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
29 June 2025
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Or perhaps, given his age and the need to conserve his minutes somewhat during the regular season, the Leafs could opt to use him in a more depth role.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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This method not only produces high-quality buds but also improves soil health, conserves water, and sequesters carbon in the process.—
Matt Rozo,
Mercury News,
17 June 2025
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As the co-chairman continues to push the need to channel that inner 10-year-old, the episode switches to home movie footage of the players as kids, interspersed with match action from the game against Charlton.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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The lawyers for Abrego Garcia filed an emergency motion on Thursday asking a judge to order his return to Maryland, and to block immigration officials from deporting him while his criminal case in Tennessee continues to play out.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
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Yet mutual distrust has at times prevailed, with both sides occasionally accusing one another of failing to uphold their side of security commitments.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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This, in turn, is because the prevailing ethos in academia reduces the complexities of politics to a crude dichotomy in which everyone who is white is an oppressor of everyone who is not.—
Jay Bergman,
Boston Herald,
21 June 2025
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While relationships — particularly those with elements of the fanbase — were fractured by the time of Messi’s departure in the summer of 2025, sources close to the French club — who will remain anonymous to protect relationships — maintain there are no regrets over his signing.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Bears could starve, groups maintained, and their populations could plummet again.—
Christine Peterson,
Vox,
27 June 2025
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