keys (up)

present tense third-person singular of key (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for keys (up)
Verb
  • Instead, Swift sets off in search of a knockout.
    Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Carbon offers Apple Find My tracker integration and has its own Turbo System Lock that kills the motor and (optionally) sets off lights and siren alarms when the bike is moved while disabled.
    Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ask what motivates you to network in the first place.
    Sarah Maokosy, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • What motivates your entrepreneurial drive today?
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The position also activates your core and upper body, improving the function of your thoracic spine (the middle section connecting to your ribs).
    Jakob Roze, Health, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The 2025 October West Coast Storm disaster declaration activates state public and individual assistance programs, providing grants for infrastructure restoration, emergency medical and transportation costs, and temporary housing assistance.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps the use of photographs induces a nostalgia for an imagined time before photography existed?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Peralta induces groundballs at a higher rate (61%) than all but six other qualifying relievers.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To take things up a notch, caffeine energizes dull, tired skin for an instant wake-up call.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The Aries Full Moon on the 6th energizes your expansion zone and ignites your sector of travel, publishing, spirituality, and belief systems.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 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
  • One look at the SRG landing page inspires an instant torrent of ideas on how to style each piece.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Your voice just might be the one that inspires the room and leaves a lasting impression.
    Nathan Green, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The trailer will be available as part of free animation sample project teaming Unreal Engine and Agora Studios to produce free animation sample project, allowing animators to see what other animates are doing.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This conception of the self animates rational choice theory in the social sciences, with its reliance on the model of the utility-maximizing subject.
    Sophia Rosenfeld September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Keys (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keys%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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