turn up

verb

Definition of turn upnext
1
as in to appear
to come into view my missing car keys turned up just in time

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Relevance

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2
as in to arrive
to get to a destination when do you think our guests will turn up?

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3
as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort it took days to turn up the original documents

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of turn up Spencer campaigned hard for the award, turning up to plenty of Emmy events. — Peter White, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026 An analyst who can check something in a minute will check it, and then check the thing the first answer suggested, and the useful finding tends to turn up two or three steps in. — David Zwick, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Shaquille O’Neal is turning up the music in North Texas this month. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026 Only to turn up in the Alpha Centauri system a very long time from now. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for turn up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn up
  1. appear
  2. arrive
  3. find
  4. show
  5. come
  6. learn
  7. unfold
  8. get in
Verb
  • Mercury's rough surface, continually reshaped by debris hurled from impact craters, may have hidden the true extent of the loss, according to the researchers whose findings appear in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
  • What was especially strange was that the initial rumors of the move appeared while the Avs were still in the playoffs.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of appear
Verb
  • Donyell Malen seems to have been transformed from decent winger into prime Marco van Basten since arriving in Rome from Aston Villa last season, so if that remarkable form continues, Gian Piero Gasperini’s side could well surprise a few people.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The muffed punt, dropped by Oregon’s Evan Stewart, should have drawn a penalty on Boise State’s coverage team, as Jameson Perry came within inches of making contact with Stewart just before the ball arrived.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of arrive
Verb
  • The National Transportation Safety Board found that the left engine detached from the plane and caught fire, the USA TODAY Network previously reported.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Bridgespan’s report finds that families in middle-income countries are more likely to administer their own programs than those in higher-income countries.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of find
Verb
  • The data set shows the Hong Kong chief executive is the second-highest earner ​globally with $719,000 annually, followed by the Swiss president at $606,000.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • As polls show the public increasingly favoring guardrails for AI safety — and opposing data center buildouts — the White House is likely to face still more calls for an explanation of why a more transparent framework is not possible.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of show
Verb
  • Antarctica tourism usually takes place between November and March, and most of it comes via ships leaving from South America and arriving around the Antarctic Peninsula, the northernmost arm of the mainland.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • XPeng’s update comes as Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot faces further delays, with production now expected to begin in the coming months and commercial sales targeted for the second half of 2027.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of come
Verb
  • Stolen and enslaved Indigenous people formed new networks of kinship; learned new skills and languages; retained memories of family, kin, and rituals; and, through it all, continually plotted to return home.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Neither the names of the nominees nor how many seats Oasis sought could be learned, but to gain full control of the company’s board would require it to nominate five directors.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of learn
Verb
  • The story unfolds from there while Daisy brushes powder onto Martha’s face.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
  • There’s a solid section, too, on The Last Emperor, the sumptuous historical epic that unfolds in Beijing’s Forbidden City, which won 9 Oscars including best picture and director in 1988.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of unfold
Verb
  • And Oklahoma’s Isaiah Sategna got in on the act with an 88-yard punt return touchdown.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Roundhill Investments, whose DRAM ETF has been a breakout star this year with close to $25 billion in assets, is planning to get in on the trade as well, through its CCML ETF, also currently in registration with the SEC.
    — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of get in

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