keep up

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for keep up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keep up
Verb
  • To survive, pedal builders are doing something unusual in a competitive business: turning to one another for help.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
  • The measure narrowly survived the Senate after a marathon session ended with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote Tuesday.
    Caitlin Yilek July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Learn about raptor migration patterns and the impact the Center is having on understanding and preserving these magnificent birds in our local area.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
  • Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Yet current funding for humanitarian assistance remains drastically insufficient.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 25 June 2025
  • Game support remains problematically limited, but Samsung has plans to fix that soon.
    Luke Larsen, Wired News, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • The war that began on June 13 with Israeli attacks against Iranian nuclear sites lasted for 12 days.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 29 June 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Without an economic reason to sustain wildlife populations, they won’t be conserved long-term through benevolence alone.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Keep up with watering and mulch to help conserve moisture.
    Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Our hope is that New Yorkers will continue to keep this dynamic city the capital of capitalism.
    Time, Time, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • The prevailing viewpoint is that once intelligence begins feeding off other intelligence, a rapid chain reaction will arise.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Much of the premature optimism about a settlement earlier this year sprang from the prevailing belief that Ukraine was losing and would soon be forced to negotiate out of desperation.
    Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Bears could starve, groups maintained, and their populations could plummet again.
    Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025

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