keeping up (with)

verb

present participle of keep up (with)
as in filling in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeping up (with)
  1. filling in
  2. informing
  3. notifying
  4. briefing
  5. instructing
  6. telling
Verb
  • The announcement builds on plans first revealed at the network's Upfronts in May, filling in details on nominees and a broader festival concept reshaping the franchise.
    — Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • On Monday, Savannah and her co-anchor, Craig Melvin, were both out, with Sheinelle Jones and Hallie Jackson filling in.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of filling in
Verb
  • Corporate officials reached out to Murrell later that day and apologized to her, informing her that the driver was no longer working for FedEx.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • Page’s character Sinon is the soldier tasked with informing the Trojans that the Trojan Horse is a gift from the Greeks, imploring them to drag the giant statue into the city with Odysseus, Menelaus (Jon Bernthal) and more soldiers inside.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of informing
Verb
  • LLMs cannot reliably tell the difference between information they are meant to read and instructions they are meant to follow, which means an AI can follow hidden commands without notifying the user.
    — Arthur Azizov, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Chick-fil-A is notifying customers in North Carolina and eight other states that a cyberattack in June may have exposed personal information tied to their loyalty accounts.
    — Kimberly Tutuska, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of notifying
Verb
  • Eliminate Delays Caused By Vague Briefs The biggest drag is briefing latency.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • John Cohen, a former senior Homeland Security official who has been briefing state leaders before the matches, said the government was largely absent from planning meetings last year and did not begin sharing threat intelligence with host regions until recently.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
Definition of briefing
Verb
  • Her job meant overseeing aircrew readiness, training and flight operations while instructing boom operators on air refueling procedures, the Air Force said.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • Evacuation orders were sent with special alerts to mobile phones, instructing people to leave, Gironde prefect Sophie Brocas said.
    — Mark Carlson, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Definition of instructing
Verb
  • Abernathy Greenway Park walk with Trees Atlanta Take a walk through the park with a Trees Atlanta docent, who will teach simple tricks for telling trees apart and share stories about why trees are important and how to protect them.
    — Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But that, according to the Florida Bar, did not absolve Gonzalez of his decision to dismiss the case in the first place without telling his client, a Miami resident.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of telling
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“Keeping up (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeping%20up%20%28with%29. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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