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past tense of keep up
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kept-up

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adjective

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Recent Examples of kept-up
Adjective
Want to be kept up with all things Survivor? Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025 After her first three babies came home, Ness kept up her daily visits to the hospital, bundling up her infants to sit with their sister. Jeff Truesdell, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Then, the Vikings’ defense kept up the pressure on Williams to give McCarthy another chance at the lead with a three-and-out forced on the ensuing possession. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Wages haven't kept up with costs, housing is out of reach, and the American Dream is a scam. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025 Both sides have also kept up their daily long-range strikes behind the front line. Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept-up
Verb
  • Oxy barely survived the downturn, slashing its dividend from 79 cents per share each quarter down to just one penny.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Only 13 of the 62 crew members survived.
    Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Compared to green tea, white tea undergoes minimal processing, so higher levels of catechins and polyphenols are preserved.
    Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Today, it is carefully preserved in the Chapel of the Holy Chalice inside València’s Cathedral, where pilgrims, scholars, and curious travelers from all over the world come to admire it.
    Visit València, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Still, the baseball slugger and pinup bombshell always remained in each other’s corners.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Even going back to the summer of 2024, Latto remained tight-lipped about her dating life when pressed by Ebro Darden on Apple Music.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gil — last year’s AL Rookie of the Year — lasted just 2 2/3 innings before Boone removed him for lefty Tim Hill with the Yankees down 2-0.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • According to Gach, this kind of play has existed for years and its a reflection of the five-year civil war that lasted in South Sudan until 2018 and the ongoing war in Sudan.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But it had nonetheless been conserved and cared for, which allowed new meanings to slowly emerge.
    Mollie Barnes, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Because energy is conserved, and gravitational radiation (also known as a gravitational wave) carries energy, this leads to the decay of the mutual orbits of these masses.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Prescott continued his hot start to the season by throwing four touchdown passes with no interceptions and only one sack.
    Jon Machota, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • From Hollywood soundstages to Paris runways and Brooklyn’s creative hubs, Black excellence continued to shine brightly—proving that no matter the city or season, culture never takes a day off.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But there is a third reason Democrats have usually prevailed in shutdown showdowns that may not apply as much this time around.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2025
  • On the surface, Disney prevailed, right?
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While the roads are well-maintained, the winding mountain sections require attentive driving, especially when leaf-peeping traffic increases.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Photograph Collection, which is maintained by University of Louisville Archives & Special Collections staff.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Kept-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kept-up. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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