1
as in to pursue
to go in search of
be sure to look me up if you're ever in town
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2
as in to brighten
to become glad or hopeful
by the next morning, the skies had begun to clear and we were looking up
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Recent Examples of look up
But after a surprise at her bridal shower, things finally start looking up.
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Mentorship and peer support give women the confidence and visibility needed to step into leadership roles, and the younger generation now has more role models to look up to than ever before.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The agency, working with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, made SAVE free to states and allowed bulk searches, as opposed to looking up one person at a time — changes that were celebrated by many voting officials.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
My 10-year-old son Everest in the backseat barely looked up from his Nintendo Switch.
—Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Mentorship and peer support give women the confidence and visibility needed to step into leadership roles, and the younger generation now has more role models to look up to than ever before.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The agency, working with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, made SAVE free to states and allowed bulk searches, as opposed to looking up one person at a time — changes that were celebrated by many voting officials.
—Miles Parks, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
My 10-year-old son Everest in the backseat barely looked up from his Nintendo Switch.
—Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for look up
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Her bold spirit and belief in God's guidance have propelled her to pursue various impactful ventures.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Cox had said on Wednesday that officials would pursue the death penalty against the shooting suspect.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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This new visitor to the inner solar system is expected to brighten, perhaps becoming a fairly easy object to see in small telescopes or good binoculars.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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While the former depuffs and brightens the under-eye region on days when you’re deprived of zzzs, the latter takes advantage of orange peptides, pomegranate spheres, and hyaluronic acid to further smooth the skin.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Proton is commonly used by people seeking highly secure communications and has been blocked in countries with strict internet censorship, like Russia and Turkey.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
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California officials are trying to kill the fossil fuel industry in the state while simultaneously seeking a buyer for Valero Energy’s Benicia refinery near San Francisco, which is scheduled to close in April because the company no longer wants to deal with the abuse from Sacramento.—
Kerry Jackson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the headphones, meant to unify the audience in a shared soundscape, instead isolate viewers into their glowing silos, which feels like an ironic choice for a show supposedly about communal grief.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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As the glowing waning gibbous moon rose over center field, the Red Sox went quietly into the night one last time in the bottom of the ninth.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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