keys (up)

present tense third-person singular of key (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for keys (up)
Verb
  • Eager to convince the family of her and March’s love, Nat sets off to become a useful ghost and offers to cleanse the factory.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The death sets off a chain of events that forces Lilian to revisit her fractured family life and complicated bond with her ex-husband.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At 78 years old and with so many achievements in your life, what motivates you to keep working?
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, this kind of reward motivates people even more than larger, one-off incentives.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Libra season begins on the 22nd, spotlighting your communication zone, and Mars in Scorpio activates your home sector the very same day.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Breathwork also activates the vagus nerve, which plays a key role in mood and anxiety regulation.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This induces an immune system response to the spike protein that is present on the coronavirus.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Derived from the iboga plant native to West Africa, ibogaine induces powerful visions and dreams.
    Pardis Mahdavi, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The sport energizes the entire student body.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • In my experience, too often managers focus solely on what someone can do (skills) and not what energizes them (strengths).
    Diana Lowe, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When her pace slows and pulse quickens during the race, Kunisch will remember Uncle Kenny's enduring words — lyrics of a plainspoken poet.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Will having a car potentially aid you in making more money which then quickens your path toward purchasing a home?
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Sherry hopes his video inspires men, balding or not, to embrace self-care and find ways to be the best version of themselves.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • What’s needed now is a return to fashion that inspires, built on products that reignite a sense of fantasy.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Beyond the broad concrete steps that traverse the water-friendly (and automatically irrigated) xeriscaped front yard and through the lime-green door that animates the charcoal exterior cladding hides a small courtyard open to the sky, a classic feature in an Eichler home.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Catholic social teaching, which is founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ and built on a commitment to the poor and the strangers among us, guides this work and animates those individuals who financially support it.
    William McCarthy, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Keys (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keys%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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