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as in appeared
to come into view
normally, one doesn't see them, but the actress's wrinkles show up in the close-ups
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as in arrived
to get to a destination
the band showed up an hour late
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as in exposed
to reveal the true nature of
were shown up for what they really are
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Recent Examples of showed up
But there’s always the range at Royal Oaks, where Scheffler first showed up as a 6-year-old and Randy Smith spent two hours watching the kid’s long swing make solid contact, time after time.
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Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
That income showed up on the partners' Schedules K-1.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The age gap showed up immediately.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
Then, in 2023, six players showed up to Cordelia Park one humid evening — and everything changed.
—Evan Moore
november 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
The 2026 Grammy Award nominations have been revealed and once again, Nashville artists showed up to represent Music City.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
Kim and Jonathan Cheban showed up as Anderson and Tommy Lee for a Halloween party in 2018.
—Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
As the Buffalo News noted in 1936, costumes of Popeye, Orphan Annie, and the comic hero Buck Rogers showed up in stores.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
Aside from the headline numbers, the biggest watch point for markets was tariff and immigration impacts, which showed up — a little.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
That income showed up on the partners' Schedules K-1.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
The age gap showed up immediately.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2026
Then, in 2023, six players showed up to Cordelia Park one humid evening — and everything changed.
—Evan Moore
november 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
The 2026 Grammy Award nominations have been revealed and once again, Nashville artists showed up to represent Music City.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
Kim and Jonathan Cheban showed up as Anderson and Tommy Lee for a Halloween party in 2018.
—Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
As the Buffalo News noted in 1936, costumes of Popeye, Orphan Annie, and the comic hero Buck Rogers showed up in stores.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
Aside from the headline numbers, the biggest watch point for markets was tariff and immigration impacts, which showed up — a little.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showed up
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Researchers said some images appeared to include children.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Pretti was being held on the ground when an officer appeared to remove a gun from Pretti's waistband just moments before another agent fired the first shot.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Residents of the home and neighbors threw buckets of water on the flames before fire crews arrived, which Mountain View says helped keep the fire from doing too much damage.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The five people who lived in the building evacuated before firefighters arrived and no injuries were reported.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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The good news is that they’ve been exposed as liars and no one except their fellow authoritarians believes them anymore.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some move when exposed to light.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cellphone data showed Fuentes was at the crash site, immediately went home and then returned in a different car within 20 minutes, the affidavit said.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Videos of the shooting in Minnesota showed federal agents approaching Good’s SUV stopped in the middle of a neighborhood street.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a serious threat hiding inside Google Chrome.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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An $850,000 ecotourism resort in Costa Rica for a study abroad program became a rallying cry for his detractors, and a scathing audit uncovered other questionable decisions.—
Greg Bluestein,
AJC.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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As the night unfolded, the atmosphere shifted from elegant to electric.—
Michelle Edgar,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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This is exactly how Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future scandal unfolded.—
Jennifer Nassour,
Boston Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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High-end apparel maker Ralph Lauren also turned up on the screen as a stock that’s seen upwardly revised earnings estimates.—
Davis Giangiulio,Christopher Hayes,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Search warrants executed at those locations turned up images that depicted the abuse of infants and toddlers.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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