RUN-UP Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

run-up

noun

Definition of run-up

as in countdown

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as in spike

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Recent Examples of run-up Memory chip stocks have seen a massive run-up this year as a supply crunch, fueled by unrelenting artificial demand, allows businesses to set pricing. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 7 July 2026 Even without inclusion of those IPOs, state finance officials this year upped their forecast of capital gains income Californians would earn due to the huge run-up in the stock market driven by AI companies. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 Norway’s Jørgen Strand Larsen couldn’t convert a penalty kick after a very slow and hesitant run-up. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026 Some analysts who spoke to ABC News attributed the drawdown to a phenomenon called profit-taking, when traders sell off some of their shares to lock in returns after a prolonged run-up in price. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for run-up

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Noun

This is the first IndyCar standalone video game in more than two decades and is expected to launch in the countdown to the 2027 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge.

— Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Shania Twain is continuing the countdown to her first new album in three years with one more look back at the memories that shaped her.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 10 July 2026

Definition of countdown

Noun

The Iran war has resulted in a significant spike in fuel prices – roughly 27% over the year – which trickles down through the economy.

— Elizabeth Canales, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Semiconductors and computing equipment paved the way for the export demand growth amid the spike in global demand for AI hardware, while automobile shipments surpassed 1 million in a month for the first time.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 July 2026

Definition of spike

Noun

The meet continues Thursday, a day consisting largely of women’s preliminaries, followed by men’s finals Friday and women’s finals Saturday.

— Mike Wilson, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Hernandez, now a Southern Section champion again, along with all the other winners will move onto the CIF preliminaries next Saturday to face the rest of the state's top female jumpers, with a chance to get back to the state finals.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026

Definition of preliminary

Noun

On July 16, TSMC reported 707 billion New Taiwan dollars ($22 billion) in quarterly profit, a 77% jump year-on-year and significantly beating analyst expectations.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 16 July 2026
The comparable sales jump was traffic-driven, which is the healthy kind (as opposed to high prices, which people seem to be tired of).

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Definition of jump

Noun

The musical’s overture gives you a sense of the complexity that’s needed to make seeming simple and straightforward material really soar.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
But the issue Americans should be concerned with here really isn’t FIFA, which has entertained other similar overtures before, but rather its own sporting reputation.

— Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of overture

Noun

Her outings this week were essentially a fashionable feast and a continuation of her commitment to method dressing for the red carpet.

— Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
The back-and-forth was a continuation of the approach Rutte, a seasoned diplomat known as a consensus builder during his nearly 14 years as Dutch prime minister, has taken since becoming NATO chief in late 2024.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Definition of continuation

Noun

These Space Act Agreements were intended as a prelude to a second phase of the program, which would award substantially more funding to one or two more companies to proceed into the construction and launch of their space stations.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Analysts widely believe Monday’s announcement is a prelude to eventual sales of both Comcast and NBCUniversal, a theory that Comcast rejects.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of prelude

Noun

However, stabilization over the past few weeks has allowed for an oversold upturn in the weekly stochastics and consecutive weeks of improving momentum, which increases the likelihood that EWZ has established a low.

— Katie Stockton, CNBC, 13 July 2026
The news came a day before Liz reported on Hong Kong’s beleaguered cinema market finally having an upturn, with overall box office revenues increasing by 25% thanks to a strong line-up of local and Hollywood releases.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 July 2026

Definition of upturn

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