soup up

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Recent Examples of soup up Soon the company had unveiled o3-mini, o3-mini-high, o4-mini, o4-mini-high, and o3-pro, each of which was souped up with a bespoke combination of post-training techniques. Cal Newport, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025 While the original game was a simple, souped up demolition derby, this adaptation has expanded it into an anarchic trek across America with some Deadpool and Zombieland flourishes from Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Lucy Ford, Time, 19 May 2025 Naturally, Sucker Punch Productions immediately broke ground on a remaster, souping up Tsushima’s incredible landscapes into uncharted tiers of fidelity for the new hardware. Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025 In another case, a retail client is souping up its merchandising program with help from GenAI tools. Haniya Rae, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 That same engine powers the top-end Dark Horse model, but is souped up to 500 hp (368 kW). Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024 Hurricane Milton, like Hurricane Helene before it, is souped up on hot water in the Gulf of Mexico. Justine Calma, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2024 Elordi, who was announced as a brand ambassador in May, chose a tomato-colored Andiamo carry-all to soup up his speckled cardi and white basics for the presentation. Alice Newbold, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soup up
Verb
  • The statement-making backless dress was embellished with elaborate beadwork and a decorative clasp at her upper back, while also revealing her backside.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Transmutation—bridging the known to the unknown, the remembered to the imagined, the truth to the embellished—is a writer’s privilege, a writer’s realm.
    Beth Kephart September 10, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Skilled operators will harness technology to improve efficiency and resilience.
    Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The divine-smelling duo pumps up thin strands like any volumizing formula, but then uses botanical extracts (pea sprout) and Capixyl (made from a biomimetic peptide and red clover extract) to improve scalp health.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Still, Genians suspects the Kimsuky group was able to develop a workaround, also known as jailbreak, to trick ChatGPT into creating the IDs.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But in reality, deepfakes are getting better and the threat industry has many years of experience in honing lures to trick people, playing on emotions and overcoming natural suspicions and objections.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Also, why issue a remedy that doesn't ameliorate the concerns that the judge agrees exists—or, worse, help another Big Tech company get even bigger?
    Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, with so many personnel across the agency already gone, some damage can’t be undone, but it will be greatly ameliorated.
    Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Soup up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soup%20up. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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