1
as in appearing
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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2
as in arriving
to get to a destination
the band showed up an hour late
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3
as in exposing
to reveal the true nature of
were shown up for what they really are
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Recent Examples of showing up
Guys not showing up to player-only meetings.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
During a 35-day government shutdown in 2019, wait times at some airports grew as TSA workers and controllers stopped showing up to work, according to Reuters.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Thank you for always showing up.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
When Venus journeys through Virgo, affection looks like cooking a meal for someone, fixing what’s broken or showing up in quiet, consistent ways.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Dillingham kept showing up around the office to sit in on meetings and learn.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Asked why Francine wasn’t taken to someone’s residence after showing up, Sida said she is loved by employees and the community.
—John Raby, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
But that questioning has also opened her up to new ways to use her platform, and turning her work and art into a mechanism for tangibly showing up for people, communities and cultures.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
So keep your eyes on the bigger picture while showing up daily for the small tasks that will get you there!
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
During a 35-day government shutdown in 2019, wait times at some airports grew as TSA workers and controllers stopped showing up to work, according to Reuters.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Thank you for always showing up.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
When Venus journeys through Virgo, affection looks like cooking a meal for someone, fixing what’s broken or showing up in quiet, consistent ways.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Dillingham kept showing up around the office to sit in on meetings and learn.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Asked why Francine wasn’t taken to someone’s residence after showing up, Sida said she is loved by employees and the community.
—John Raby, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
But that questioning has also opened her up to new ways to use her platform, and turning her work and art into a mechanism for tangibly showing up for people, communities and cultures.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
So keep your eyes on the bigger picture while showing up daily for the small tasks that will get you there!
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showing up
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After the votes had been cast, Machado’s supporters produced electoral tallies appearing to show that González had won with a sweeping majority, but Venezuela’s official electoral tribunal, without producing any proof, declared Maduro the winner.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Since Google owns Waze, many Waze-style real-time alerts have now begun appearing directly inside Google Maps.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Dončić needed a center, someone who could throttle to the basket and finish after arriving.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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At Windsor International Airport, the terminal was nearly empty because there were no flights immediately arriving or departing, airport President Mark Galvin said.—
Martin Goillandeau,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Olympia is clearly torn about the situation, and almost confesses to Matty, but her fear that Julian's crimes could ruin the lives of their children keeps her mouth shut and her mind focused on exposing Senior.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Recent searches for a new police chief have taken over a year to complete, often exposing dysfunctions in the city’s branches of leadership.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Shaderoom shared a video of Huston showing wounds on his face and confirming that Papoose hit him, by his account.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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In Tel Aviv, large crowds gathered in Hostage Square – the site of protest campaigns calling for the return of hostages over the past two years – to celebrate and watch large screens showing the progress of those being released.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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Quick math suggests that unless more than one Group of 5 conference team makes the CFP — highly unlikely — somebody is getting in at 9-3.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Bowman blamed the city administration for getting in the way of police officers.—
Scott Wartman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Oct. 2025
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Tackling a complex problem Xu’s research is uncovering how much more complex nanoplastic behavior becomes once environmental factors are introduced.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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There was little money in this kind of work, only the satisfaction of uncovering information that powerful people didn’t want the public to know.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Our accounting of arrests in Portland, Oregon, and Chicago is particularly limited, since the events there are still unfolding.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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This is already unfolding in the AI wave.—
Nick Tzitzon,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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As D’Angelo is remembered in the coming months, the singer hopes that anyone who’s not familiar with his life’s work takes away the right lessons.—
Elise Brisco,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Wang also seemed to sense that an engagement was coming.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Showing up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showing%20up. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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