kept up (with)

past tense of keep up (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept up (with)
Verb
  • At this rate, the entire lake could be filled in less than 350 years.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Johnson sought to tamp down the criticism from Greene at the time, saying she simply hadn’t been filled in, as those discussions take place in specific committees.
    Zach LaChance, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a statement, a Bose McKinney & Evans spokesperson said the law firm was never informed that Cook had been disciplined or asked to resign by the city.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Prioritize your safety by staying informed and prepared.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Miller is navigating through the kinks, continuing to get acclimated with the taping of his wrist — something he’s been instructed to do — and working through the rust associated with not playing in an actual competitive game for nine months.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Before long, Mikkelsen instructed me to pull off the road.
    Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Passengers on these trips have been notified about itinerary updates for their cruises.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The San Francisco Police Department Homicide Detail was notified of the suspicious deaths and is leading the ongoing investigation.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That really opened my eyes and enlightened me.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The central tenants seem really enlightened.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And those talks are underway, and the president is very much on the ball and is being apprised of this situation.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the cases presented took place during the 80s and 90s in Korea, before the internet, streaming video, and mobile devices kept us so apprised of manmade horrors being perpetrated on the other side of the world.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Goldenberg, who won the Academy Award for Film Editing for Argo, and has reached the nomination stage four times, including for Zero Dark Thirty, previously collaborated with Greengrass on News of the World.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Ottawa reached the playoffs last season for the first time since 2017 and is eyeing a shot at consecutive postseason appearances for the first time since 2012 and 2013.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kline’s mother told police her daughter had been at the Roseville mall that afternoon.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In June, representatives for the county’s immigration hotline told the Alameda County For All committee about the limitations of the organization in responding to the rapidly changing needs of the county’s immigrants.
    Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
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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 17 Oct. 2025.

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