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
  • An only child in a home filled in equal parts by silence and books, Laura was grateful for a friend.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Over the years, several high-profile fests struggled to stay afloat with consistently strong slates, and dozens of niche festivals filled in the gaps to serve the city’s diverse filmgoers.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of filled in
Verb
  • This informed the wardrobe that encompasses a rock ’n’ roll attitude with glamour, allure and ease.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Boone informed Gerrit Cole that the fate of the season would be in his hands.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • The Education Department subsequently instructed its Office for Civil Rights to enforce Title IX consistent with those definitions.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In the tape of the 9-1-1 call, Randolph can be heard disregarding paramedic’s orders, giving Causse chest compressions even after he was instructed to not touch the body.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of instructed
Verb
  • Staff at only 40 of the 73 facilities (55 percent) notified or planned to notify internal Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) staff as recommended.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Kanawha County school district, in turn, notified the state of the existence of a new microschool.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of notified
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
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
  • The film itself reworks a story that first reached Japanese cinemas in 1983.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The currency has repeatedly reached new lows since the war began in February.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of reached
Verb
  • Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said at a press conference that local high school students congregated at the skate park at Carolyn Crayton Park late Saturday night after being told to leave the Airbnb where the party was supposed to be held.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2026
  • She had been told that Golden Collision was a good place to have work done.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of told
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