kept up (with)

past tense of keep up (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept up (with)
Verb
  • Even though all the barrels matured in the same place, the final blend leaned heavily on barrels filled in January and June.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The Jonas Brothers musician also filled in for Ripa on July 28, while Mila Kunis filled in on July 29.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • The best conversations are those where clients feel heard, not just informed.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Her pitch, deeply informed by Billy’s sensibility and ideas and by the course of their encounter, is a brilliantly strange narrative that puts the character and vantage point of Little Death at the center of a film-within-a-film origin story.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Cody instructed Figueroa to send her a text message memorializing his concerns and reasons for wanting to resign, the lawsuit said.
    Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026
  • Just 6 weeks later, MaineHealth instructed providers to tell patients the unit would be closing in December.
    Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • His family and the consulate of El Salvador in Elizabeth, New Jersey, were notified of his death, ICE said.
    Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • John Duresky, an Air Force veteran and former government employee who retired after DOGE notified him that his job would be eliminated, is the sole Democrat in the race.
    Saige Miller, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Kevin Dickinson The Learning Curve Every era believes it is enlightened.
    Big Think, Big Think, 31 July 2026
  • This facility really enlightened the physics of that operation considerably.
    Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • My editor has asked me to keep her apprised of my heart rate.
    Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • Jolley stressed the importance of keeping the Health and Human Services appropriations staff apprised of the agency's finances.
    Jillian Taylor, StateImpact, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Jorge Polanco reached on a two-out error at first base by Stowers.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Crime reached a breaking point that summer after a drive-by shooting killed a man at Progress Park, topping off a string of violent incidents in the neighborhood just northeast of uptown Charlotte.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Yet several scientists told KFF Health News that the specimens most likely were indeed for use in developing mpox diagnostic tests.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • So good, Mancilla told The Star during a recent interview, that customers aren’t always able to find parking — granted, the lot is relatively small.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
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“Kept up (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kept%20up%20%28with%29. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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