shown up

variants or showed up
past participle of show up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shown up But the issues that showed up in each of their first three games resurfaced in Starkville, and led to the first loss of the season. — Pj Green september 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026 According to Ayer, that exhaustion showed up in the movie, as Pitt couldn’t relax or rely on the typical comforts of a film set. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026 The special teams contributor showed up to the game in some Green Goblin Halloween looking outfit, complete with neon green mask and a purple-ish cape. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 A couple of problems that have been prevalent early in the season for the Broncos showed up again Saturday night. — Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026 Dart’s chemistry with Likely showed up most often in Week 1 on money downs and was a huge reason for the Giants’ 9-of-11 third down efficiency, which was actually 9-for-10 before an end-of-game kneel down. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026 Unfortunately, nobody saved those rewrites in the system and the goat showed up on set, costing the production around $800. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 So when conversational/generative AI first showed up, leaders hoped standard large language models (LLMs) would immediately reduce these timelines. — Anshima Raj, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 When the attention waned, Freedom showed up to one of Sophie Cunningham’s games, hoping to mooch off the fame of America’s new athlete face of trans resistance, wearing a shirt insisting that a woman is defined by biology alone. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shown up
Verb
  • Cashmere also appeared in the mid-length Hastings trench for men and a shearling-collared cape for women.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In March, Scherzinger, Wyatt and Roberts appeared on the 3rd Hour of Today to discuss their comeback.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • His bond with Nathan was premised on its insularity, then Gael arrived like Yoko and threw everything out of whack.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
  • When police arrived, the garage door, a side door and the center console of Flynn's pickup truck were all open.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Sometimes only the tips of the reeds and the seed heads were visible, poking above the murky water, and other times the reeds stood fully exposed, with a clear view of crabs clambering around their bases.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Use fast-draining potting mix so the roots are not exposed to soggy soil for long periods of time.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • His measurements showed that the material could shift between antipolar and polar states.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers showed respondents two versions of the same video, one edited by a human, one by AI, without telling them which was which, and asked for a blind preference before revealing anything about how either was made.
    — Muhammad Usman Qamar, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The announcement comes ahead of Alaska’s investor day in Seattle today.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The news comes amid ongoing tensions as the war in Iran persists, with Trump refusing a deal with Iran to open the Strait as recently as Saturday, impacting the world's oil supply.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Ancient footprints and Bronze Age art Experts didn’t believe marks uncovered by a biologist in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park in 2009 were ancient human footprints.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Place the chicken on a sheet pan and refrigerate uncovered for 24 hours to air-dry and develop a crust.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The film itself reworks a story that first reached Japanese cinemas in 1983.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The currency has repeatedly reached new lows since the war began in February.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Shown up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shown%20up. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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