keeping up (with)

Definition of keeping up (with)next
present participle of keep up (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeping up (with)
Verb
  • The Dolphins could try to re-sign impending free agent Riley Patterson, who went 27 for 29 on field goals last season while filling in for Sanders.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • To achieve a more natural look when filling in your brows, think vertical (or at a 45 degree angle at the very most)—never horizontal.
    Lottie Winter, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The woman is seen getting on her phone and informing the person on the other line that a student threatened to send his mother to assault her.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The justices have been weighing whether to hear arguments in cases out of states like Massachusetts and Florida filed by other parents who say schools facilitated social transition without informing them.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • County officials are also proactively notifying local citrus growers, plant nurseries and other related businesses.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Presidents have largely complied with notifying lawmakers and have gone to Congress to authorize wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    Sam Gringlas, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Trump made only a cursory effort to notify Congress before launching the attack, briefing a small circle of congressional leaders shortly before the operation was underway and leaving most lawmakers to learn of it after the fact.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The initiative was confirmed ahead of the summit, with CAAS Director General Han Kok Juan briefing reporters on Jan 29.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Israel repeatedly raised its air defenses and issued alerts to the public instructing residents to shelter in a safe place.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Activists are also instructing people to keep them out of sight so ICE agents don’t see them and later target them.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The White House is telling Republicans to refine their immigration messaging as the party stares down the midterm elections, a tacit acknowledgement that its hardline rhetoric about mass deportation risks alienating voters.
    Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Letitia Wilbourn, a Fort Worth resident and a member of the Echo Heights neighborhood association, spoke in opposition to the substation improvements at the Zoning Commission meeting, telling commissioners that substations have led to health problems in the neighborhood.
    Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 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 11 Mar. 2026.

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