Thesaurus results for KEPT UP (WITH)

kept up (with)

verb

past tense of keep up (with)

as in communicated (with)

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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

Definition of filled in

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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

Definition of informed

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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

Definition of instructed

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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

Definition of notified

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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

Definition of reached

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Senior local official Dagnachew Azbite told the BBC that seven people had been found injured, with five of the victims sustaining serious injuries.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Secret Service Director Sean Curran told reporters that the agency had more than 10,000 investigations into threats against people the agency has been assigned to protect.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026

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