kept up (with)

verb

past tense of keep up (with)
as in communicated (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept up (with)
  1. filled in
  2. informed
  3. instructed
  4. notified
  5. enlightened
  6. apprised
  7. reached
  8. told
Verb
  • Although currencies such as the Australian and Canadian dollars, the Swedish krona, and the Swiss franc have filled in some of the gap, each of these is too small to be consequential in global finance.
    — Gordon Liao, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Texans running back Dare Ogunbowale filled in as a kicker in 2023, before the league changed its kickoff format.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of filled in
Verb
  • Let’s make sure we are registered, take the time to get informed and engaged and show up to cast a thoughtful vote.
    — Ashley Hartman, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Police forces in Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Bedfordshire informed visitors to their websites that online submission forms were disrupted.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • Her husband instructed their 13-year-old son to drive his three siblings to a nearby relative's home.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
  • In its August 28, 2025 letter, the agency instructed the port to remove language treating those movements as automatically exempt from emissions requirements.
    — Harry T Angell, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of instructed
Verb
  • Those randomly selected to benefit will be notified by email, text message and a letter in the mail that their medical debt has been eliminated.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The Traffic Investigations Unit was notified, police said, and the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of notified
Verb
  • There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • To read the popular press of the time is not invariably to be impressed by the sober and enlightened attitude of that era’s journalists.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of enlightened
Verb
  • Shanahan balked at an Australian adventure when first apprised in February that the 49ers would be part of it.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy created and runs Sharktivity, a shark-sighting and resource app designed to keep beachgoers apprised of the sharks’ presence.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of apprised
Verb
  • Average peak demand savings reached 16,592 kilowatts per event, equivalent to the peak electricity needs of approximately 4,150 homes.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The anger reached a boiling point following the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home in Madrid last month.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of reached
Verb
  • Chambers himself is now accused of riot, conspiracy to riot, and money laundering offenses, defense attorney Aitor Martínez Jiménez told the Washington Examiner.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Some employees in Amazon's entertainment division were told that company leadership had mandated the film's release.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of told
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