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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeping up (with)
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The recent images also reveal layers of Mars' complex geological past across the region, suggesting Shalbatana Vallis may once have been even deeper before gradually filling in with sediments, ash and other material over time.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
15 May 2026 -
To mark Women’s Health Month, Flow Space caught up with the CEOs of several companies that are making waves for filling in key gaps in routine screenings and diagnostics.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
15 May 2026
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The indictment also alleges that Cuba's intelligence agency tasked a network of spies in Florida with informing on Brothers to the Rescue.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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Jones emailed Westworth Village residents informing them of potential election disturbances.—
Maven Navarro,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 May 2026
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Signs notifying visitors of the option were posted inside the security screening areas at the Disneyland resort parking structures and lots during the rollout of the high-tech security measure.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
19 May 2026
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Insurers are permitted to do this without notifying patients, and new suppliers can create tablets with a different code and color.—
Barbara Wolf,
STAT,
15 May 2026
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Ibrahim Traoré personally briefing detainees before their release and warning them not to speak out.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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The firm has also been briefing governments—at the state, federal, and international levels—on the capabilities of a new OpenAI cybersecurity model.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Cosyland is instructing consumers to contact the company for repair parts, which include protective nets, stabilizing feet and installation instructions.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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On Thursday, Hoskin’s office sent out a news release instructing local election authorities across the state to continue election preparation activities, like candidate filing and ballot programming, based on the congressional districts established under the gerrymandered map.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2026
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While in the clinic, behind the gee-wizardry of the modern diagnostics and next-generation medications, the practice of endocrinology remains rooted in one person telling their story and the other trying to interpret it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Her boyfriend, who had cuts to his arms and face, called 911, telling dispatch that someone had dropped a rock from the overpass.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
19 May 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 22 May. 2026.
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