Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeping up (with)
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Because the radio waves operate on the same frequency as Bluetooth connections, even a casual hiker with the app open might record a monarch’s movement, filling in data gaps for researchers.—
Olivia Maule,
Mercury News,
6 Dec. 2025 -
District 4 is a strip across the city’s middle, filling in south to La Paz Road, including a bit more on the western side to Oso Parkway, and District 5 takes in the remainder of the city’s southern area.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
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Personalization has become one of the informing characteristics of modern dentistry, so a unified plan tailored to the patient’s specific needs may be well-suited to this emerging trend.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Later Tuesday, Loboa sent an email to the DU community informing them about the academic realignment, a message that listed data and documents used to make the restructuring decisions.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
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Owners of cars impacted by the recalls listed above will also receive a letter notifying them of the issue, which should be mailed by July 6, according to the NHTSA.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol was still notifying relatives of the victims, Alford said.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2026
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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
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Bessent held up a draft of the Post's story while briefing White House reporters on Thursday.—
Deepa Shivaram,
NPR,
28 May 2026
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Rather than instructing children to look outside of themselves to a world filled with cruelty and injustice, we are encouraged to turn inward, to the self, and then smaller still, to the womb of one’s discontent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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China balked, instructing companies to stop purchasing H20s due to security concerns.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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Father Quyen Truong followed by telling parishioners what a devout Catholic Sayre was.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Folks started DM'ing me on social media, telling me that J was with his ex-fling.—
Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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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 17 Jun. 2026.
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