keeps up (with)

present tense third-person singular of keep up (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeps up (with)
Verb
  • In addition to Part D, people who opt for traditional Medicare also usually pay for supplemental coverage, known as Medigap coverage, which fills in some of the services left out of Medicare coverage.
    Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Tom, by contrast, argues for a more imaginative reconstruction of what has been lost, the kind of history that fills in silences.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As Chairman Atkins explained, the Wells process is the mechanism through which the Enforcement Staff notifies potential respondents or defendants of any charges, and the basis for the charges, that the Division intends to recommend to the Commission.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The proposal, which was unanimously approved by the board, also calls for signage to be posted on those properties that notifies the public that immigration enforcement activities are barred on the site.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Wells Notice, which serves as the civil equivalent of a criminal grand jury target letter, informs the recipients that the Division is prepared to recommend to the Commissioners that they be sued.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Once passengers buy tickets, the attendant directs them to a waiting Tesla, informs the driver of the destination and sends them on their way.
    Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The influencer, 26, graduated from nursing school in August 2024, and soon after, the high school sweethearts bought a house in Michigan, ending the long-distance aspect of their relationship, Adams tells PEOPLE exclusively.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • That film tells the true story of an Istituto Luce cameraman who filmed Mussolini and fascist propaganda, and, eventually, the head of communist Albania.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • No coach in any other sport has the media responsibilities of a major league manager, who briefs the media before and after every game and occasionally has to answer (or deflect) questions that should be answered by the front office.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • He is whisked away from a charity basketball event to his Air Force One, where Lieutenant Commander Robert Reeves (Jonah Hauer-King) hands him the Black Bag and instructs him to choose which retaliatory strike option to approve.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Cameron and Sullivan find Jones, and Sullivan instructs Cameron to bring him back to the medic truck.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • People should not pay anyone who contacts them with cryptocurrency, wire transfers or gift cards.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
  • That person, who often is located overseas, contacts the victim — or convinces the victim to contact them — and falsely claims the victim’s identity or bank account has been hacked or compromised.
    Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lebanon's National Council for Scientific Research, which conducts research and advises the government on policy, has documented almost 500 homes destroyed after the ceasefire in just three border villages and hundreds more houses damaged.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Food writer Stephanie Gravalese advises that, with SNAP benefits temporarily paused, an effective way to conserve resources is to take stock of your pantry.
    Ronny Maye, Essence, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Keeps up (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeps%20up%20%28with%29. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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