as in parodied
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
the sitcom sends up the "trials and tribulations" of the rich and famous
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Recent Examples of sent up
The crew returned safely, and their spacecraft was eventually brought back to Earth uncrewed after another was sent up to the Tiangong Space Station for the other three astronauts aboard.
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Leonard David, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2026
SpaceX has flown all but one of this year’s missions, with United Launch Alliance having sent up a lone Vulcan rocket earlier this month as well.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
The company has sent up more than 150 satellites since April using a variety of rocket launch providers.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
On Wednesday morning, the NBA’s unofficial press secretary, ESPN’s Shams Charania, sent up the flare that the Golden State Warriors have been staring at the sky waiting to see for half a decade.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
Most recently, these rounds occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021, when the government sent up to $1,200, $600 and $1,400 per person to eligible taxpayers as part of economic relief laws.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 10 Jan. 2026
An evacuation order has been lifted near the Broomfield-Boulder county line after a wildfire there burned 35 acres and sent up smoke plumes that were blown by strong winds.
—Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
When the pilot flew the plane into the perfect position between the sun and the camera, the telescopes acted like mirrors and sent up a bright flash of sunlight, indicating to the pilot that they were lined up.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Those movies sent up buddy-cop films and alien-invasion flicks by way of a distinctly British perspective (there were plenty of droll asides to go along with the action scenes).
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Leonard David, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2026
SpaceX has flown all but one of this year’s missions, with United Launch Alliance having sent up a lone Vulcan rocket earlier this month as well.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
The company has sent up more than 150 satellites since April using a variety of rocket launch providers.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
On Wednesday morning, the NBA’s unofficial press secretary, ESPN’s Shams Charania, sent up the flare that the Golden State Warriors have been staring at the sky waiting to see for half a decade.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
Most recently, these rounds occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021, when the government sent up to $1,200, $600 and $1,400 per person to eligible taxpayers as part of economic relief laws.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 10 Jan. 2026
An evacuation order has been lifted near the Broomfield-Boulder county line after a wildfire there burned 35 acres and sent up smoke plumes that were blown by strong winds.
—Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
When the pilot flew the plane into the perfect position between the sun and the camera, the telescopes acted like mirrors and sent up a bright flash of sunlight, indicating to the pilot that they were lined up.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Those movies sent up buddy-cop films and alien-invasion flicks by way of a distinctly British perspective (there were plenty of droll asides to go along with the action scenes).
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sent up
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Actors who have portrayed Jackson on screen include Nigel Gibbs in the TV series Monster (2022), and Eddie Murphy famously parodied Jackson on Saturday Night Live in 1984.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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Many of the players reunited for a Boost Mobile commercial in 2010 that parodied the song, and Saturday Night Live created a mock Behind The Music documentary about it when Tom Brady hosted in 2005.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors mocked Vargas’s account of the stabbing.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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The infielder was mocked on social media after a head-scratching baserunning blunder against his former team, the Miami Marlins, in August.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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That’s a rhythm of Barron’s that many a playwright has imitated.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
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According to Lizbeth Levinson, an attorney with Fox Rothschild, this is a savvy strategy on the part of Costco, and one that has since been imitated by over 1000 other companies.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Sent up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sent%20up. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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