as in maintained
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as in survived
to continue to operate or to meet one's needs
let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave
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as in preserved
to keep in good condition
kept the house up while the owners were gone
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as in remained
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
let's hope this beautiful weather keeps up for the rest of our vacation
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Recent Examples of kept-up
Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
And while home prices have gone up 300% since 1990, incomes have not kept up, only rising by roughly half that amount.
—Jo Ling Kent, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Drones fell near Dubai airport, injuring four people, while ships were hit in or near the Strait of Hormuz on March 11 as Iran kept up its campaign disrupting oil markets and air and maritime traffic.
—Sydney Goh, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
In Iran, the US continued search-and-rescue operations for a crew member from an F-15E fighter jet shot down by Iran on Friday, as Tehran kept up attacks on Gulf Arab states and Israel.
—Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
Oregon kept up for a while with 9-of-11 shooting in the first quarter.
—Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Despite the war, Iranian authorities have kept up the crackdown on dissent.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
Despite the war, Iranian authorities have kept up the crackdown on dissent.
—ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
Iran picked the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to become its next supreme leader and kept up attacks on the ninth day of the war in the Middle East.
—Angus Whitley, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
And in the eighth, center fielder Andy Pages kept up his red-hot offensive start to the season with an RBI single into left field for insurance.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
And while home prices have gone up 300% since 1990, incomes have not kept up, only rising by roughly half that amount.
—Jo Ling Kent, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Drones fell near Dubai airport, injuring four people, while ships were hit in or near the Strait of Hormuz on March 11 as Iran kept up its campaign disrupting oil markets and air and maritime traffic.
—Sydney Goh, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
In Iran, the US continued search-and-rescue operations for a crew member from an F-15E fighter jet shot down by Iran on Friday, as Tehran kept up attacks on Gulf Arab states and Israel.
—Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
Oregon kept up for a while with 9-of-11 shooting in the first quarter.
—Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Despite the war, Iranian authorities have kept up the crackdown on dissent.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
Despite the war, Iranian authorities have kept up the crackdown on dissent.
—ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
Iran picked the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to become its next supreme leader and kept up attacks on the ninth day of the war in the Middle East.
—Angus Whitley, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept-up
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One of the children who somehow survived the slaughter grew up to be the maternal grandfather of Vermeer.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The risk of getting a new cancer also looked about the same whether researchers focused on people who had already survived five years or looked at their risk over their entire lifetime.—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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And from such circumstances came an extraordinary commitment of community spirit that has preserved their memory for over 80 years.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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For instance, the dimensions of the rock nodule in which it is preserved are consistent with those of an egg.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
15 Apr. 2026
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King has been working ever since then to bring a Michael Jackson film to theatres, and now only technicalities remained.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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O’Hoppe was hit in the throat by a foul ball off the dirt and immediately called for the training staff but remained in the game after a short delay.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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According to Vetsch, the event lasted just seconds.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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The conflict lasted on and off for 27 years and killed more than half a million people.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Some myosin classes, such as I and II, are widely conserved across many organisms, whereas others are more specialized and restricted to particular lineages—for example, certain classes are found mainly in animals and others in plants.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 Apr. 2026
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At the end of the day, all the partners in the project share a desire to see the state's natural spaces conserved and made available for recreation by Arkansans and visitors, Andrews said.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2026
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Oil prices continued to pull back on Tuesday from earlier gains.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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During Monday's hearing, no decisions were made and no one entered a plea, as the arraignment has been continued to Thursday for the five defendants.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The president’s party is more vigorous in Virginia, where Harris prevailed by just 6 points but Spanberger won by a landslide.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Despite uncertainty about the next contract’s specific provisions and concerns about the state of production in New York, a mood of celebration prevailed.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
14 Apr. 2026
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Though Crochet and Cora both maintained that the blowup wasn’t due to any injury, the performance and the reduced velocity on his pitches are concerning.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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The company's stock dropped roughly 10% in extended trading after the streamer maintained full-year guidance despite a first-quarter revenue beat and the termination of the WBD deal.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Kept-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kept-up. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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