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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lying up
Verb
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Before her Saturn return, she’s already collaborated with all of those icons, turning in newly definitive performances in their work.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026 -
Even schoolchildren were denouncing their teachers for saying the wrong thing, or turning in other kids.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Not being at the age of viability, and because of the trauma of contractions and delivery on her small body, she was born sleeping.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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In 2023, she was named a Fulbright Scholar, which enabled her to spend a year in Korea, sleeping, eating, recreating, working and, along the way, turning her abstract memories of living there into something more concrete and direct (and sometimes overwhelming).—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Lying up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lying%20up. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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