as in to combine
to come together to form a single unit
carbon atoms link up to form a diamond crystal
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as in collaboration
the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)
the linkup of the two art museums has proved beneficial to both institutions
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Recent Examples of link (up)
Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
Other times, though, the linkup feels just right.
—Will Porter, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
Lopez and Perry's mashup linkup has earned praise from fans online, who applauded the 4 Non Blondes singer's epic cameo.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The Bieber-Sheeran linkup would’ve lined up with the times the two worked together in the past.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
As part of its linkup, the mill is supplying the fabrics for the suits the six organizers are sporting for the walk.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026
Other times, though, the linkup feels just right.
—Will Porter, Outside, 31 Oct. 2025
Lopez and Perry's mashup linkup has earned praise from fans online, who applauded the 4 Non Blondes singer's epic cameo.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
The Bieber-Sheeran linkup would’ve lined up with the times the two worked together in the past.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for link (up)
Verb
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Maintaining low loss becomes critical when combining many lasers.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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North Korea’s often-wild rhetoric, combined with nuclear weapons development, adds further international frictions.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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The project grew out of the Quantum Moonshot Program, a collaboration between MIT, the University of Colorado Boulder, MITRE, and Sandia National Laboratories.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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Invite feedback to ensure future collaborations work well for everyone.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Fusion technology has its roots in the UltraFusion interconnect used to fuse two full CPU chips in the M-series Ultra lineup, but the purpose here is probably to make the chip fabrication process a bit more flexible.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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The material was porous and crumbly, allaying fears that the fuel might’ve fused into a diamond-hard mass impenetrable even to drills.—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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In the new year, Musk welcomed Hegseth to a meeting at SpaceX headquarters, where Hegseth unveiled a new partnership with Grok, which lately had been spending most of its time removing the clothes of women and children in photographs.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Brown also struck a partnership with OpenAI to offer AI training certifications.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The jury appears to have been persuaded by prosecutors’ argument that the defendants were members of an antifa cell connected to an ideology that calls for the overthrow of the government.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Mar. 2026
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Sabalenka connected on 38 of 58 first serves against the 14th-seeded Noskova and notched 11 aces to reach the finale for the third time in four years.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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For all its public association with queerness, ballet remains largely committed to a frail, wispy femininity and a princely but muscular and explosive masculinity—with the stringent, often punishing body-shape standards to match.—
Chloe Angyal,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026
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The homeowners association fee just went up to $686 a month, straining her budget, and the value of her unit has plummeted.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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With Kazakhstan’s cooperation, the material traveled on three C-5 cargo aircraft, an effort that took a team of specialists almost a month of 12-hour days from October to November, 1994, to complete.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Shield of the America is meant to strength security cooperation across the Western Hemisphere.—
Morgan Stephens,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Mar. 2026
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Advice columnist Carolyn Hax takes your comments and questions most Fridays about life, family, relationships and more.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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One 2021 review published in The American Journal of Medicine looked into the relationship between mushroom consumption and cardiovascular health.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Link (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/link%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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