keep up (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keep up (with)
Verb
  • There was a significant void to be filled in the club’s leadership group that off-season.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 10 May 2025
  • Meanwhile, Bregman has started every game for the Red Sox at third base except for one, when Romy Gonzalez filled in.
    Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • The Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust laws, had been investigating Celgene for years and in June of 2012 notified the company it was poised to take action.
    David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
  • Between November 2022 and June 2024, the CDC was notified of 12 separate cases of Legionnaires’ disease clustered around two separate cruise ships.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • The film also stars Dave Bautista as Steve, the show’s producer who informs Shelly that her longtime gig is coming to an end.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • Parents and teachers were not informed of that probe or her indictment on 19 charges in August 2024, and only discovered this information two months ago when local outlet WHYY broke the story.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • That’s evidently false in the cases involving the Alien Enemies Act—last month, the Supreme Court instructed that challenges to Trump’s actions had to be brought as habeas cases.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
  • His work far from finished, Jim is immediately instructed to reach into Royce’s open chest cavity and aid in the surgery.
    Judy Berman, Time, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo told reporters she was caught off guard by the news, and has asked the prosecutor's office to ask the U.S. Department of Justice for more information.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • When any Democratic politician, including Gov. JB Pritzker, dares to stand up to extreme Republican rhetoric with any language beyond polite pablum and pious platitudes, pundits tell Democrats to lower the volume, cut the contempt and be nice.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • In other words, they’re clued into how small business is faring.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Another Florida secret those of us who live here are clued into is that some of our most beautiful and laid-back beaches are far closer to Georgia than Miami.
    Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Day 1 Use the first half of your day to familiarize yourself with your riad hotel and the area it’s located in.
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The outgoing astronauts waited a few days to depart the station in order to help the new arrivals familiarize themselves with the orbital laboratory and station operations during a handover period.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises residents in areas with excessive heat to wear light clothing, drink lots of water, use their air conditioning and avoid from exerting themselves outside in order to prevent heat exhaustion or heat stroke.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • The release advises anyone with further information to contact the North Little Rock Department Tip Line at (501) 680-8439 or Detective Adam Williams at 501-771-7167.
    Parker Mancino, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2025
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“Keep up (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keep%20up%20%28with%29. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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