run-ups

noun

plural of run-up
1
as in countdowns

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2
as in spikes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for run-ups
  1. preliminaries
  2. spikes
  3. overtures
  4. jumps
  5. warm-ups
  6. extensions
  7. continuations
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 preliminaries
Noun
  • The team identified a continuous midline feature that began as a fleshy crest along the neck and trunk and transitioned over the hips into a single row of spikes running down the tail — each spike positioned over a single vertebra and fitted to each other.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of spikes
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
  • Pro wrestling is often viewed as a fake form of fighting, but the flips, jumps and landings are very real — slaps and kicks landed on reddening skin echo throughout SPW’s venues.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • There are also permanent upgrades to health and attack power, as well as rare relics that enable unique skills, like the ability to make multiple jumps.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 23 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
  • For extra length, add hair extensions that match the color and texture of your hair.
    — Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 19 July 2026
  • The three former Hawks signed extensions to remain with Connor McDavid’s team.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Definition of extensions
Noun
  • 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
  • Many of the actions are continuations of boycotts that started earlier this year.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Definition of continuations
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