RUN-UPS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

run-ups

noun

plural of run-up

as in countdowns

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Relevance

as in spikes

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Noun

But all of that was just the preliminaries for Grady Emerson.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
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

Definition of preliminaries

Noun

PayPal has been working with investment banks on takeover and activist defense for the last few months and had already shrugged off initial overtures from Stripe, Semafor reported earlier this year.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 15 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 overtures

Noun

Their sets feature cool jumps, monstrous obstacles and cityscapes that expand on the iconic orange track, and each is aimed at inspiring creativity and imaginative play.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
In women's long jump, Olympic and world champion Tara Davis-Woodhall appeared to have won in dramatic fashion after her last of six jumps placed her in the lead, much the same as what happened at the Olympic trials two years ago.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026

Definition of jumps

Noun

As Summit players had passed through the southeast gate and into warm-ups, the crowd pushed closer to the barriers.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 July 2026
The league will take another reading about an hour before pre-game warm-ups to determine if any further steps are needed, according to a league spokesperson.

— Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of warm-ups

Noun

Since the series’ end, Stewart has kept busy — and not just by turning his small-screen captain into a big-screen hero with the franchise’s film continuations.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
Stranger Things’ transformation—from a charming homage to ’80s blockbusters to a sprawling transmedia franchise—was ribbed later in last night’s episode, in a commercial parody imagining a string of continuations.

— Erik Adams, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026

Definition of continuations

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