TURN UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

turn up

verb

Definition of turn up

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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as in to arrive

to get to a destination when do you think our guests will turn up?

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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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Recent Examples of turn up To their credit, Balogun and most of the team failed to turn up. — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2026 The alligator that became a sensation in Chicago after turning up in a Humboldt Park lagoon last month is healthy and enjoying the good life in sunny Florida, keepers at his new home said. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 With the love planet in your sign, the cosmos is turning up the charm in every way. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 Software is now turning up against semis, against the tech sector, and against the whole market at once. — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for turn up

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Verb

His embrace of the legislation marked a shift for the governor, who appeared uninterested in engaging with the corporate tax proposal as recently as May.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Video of the incident appears to show Nelson getting into an altercation with another driver in a parking lot in Idaho.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of appear

Verb

On June 23, an attendant at a gas station in the center of Moscow told CNN that tankers were still arriving and delivering fuel according to schedule.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
The 2025 season was a rough one in Tim Albin’s first season at the helm after arriving from Ohio.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of arrive

Verb

Gas stations across Russia are imposing limits on purchases, CNN’s analysis found, with fuel- tracking websites popping up to guide drivers to the best spots to fill up.

— Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
The incident happened less than a week after another child was found dead inside a car at a Plantation early learning center last Monday.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

Definition of find

Verb

The compensation study completed last December showed many positions were at or above the 50th percentile among comparable agencies, including the Folsom Parks and Recreation Department and Cameron Park Community Services District.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Surveillance footage obtained by The Associated Press appears to show a white sedan, believed to be Durán Guerrero on his way to work, driving in circles near an intersection before an unmarked vehicle blocks its path.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of show

Verb

Career readiness and workforce development programs also help students connect their classroom learning to relevant career fields.

— Sivan Hines, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
Dawkins learned about the group secondhand on Thursday from somebody who was asked to participate.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

Definition of learn

Verb

The review unfolds as federal investigators scrutinize UC’s admissions.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
In Bolton, Mississippi, a tragedy unfolded on June 27, when 83-year-old Irene Van Egmond died of heat exposure while tending a flower bed, officials said.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of unfold

Verb

Indeed, Switzerland frequently got in behind Argentina’s defence — a measure of the lack of control that Lionel Scaloni’s team had in midfield.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 12 July 2026
After a late lunch with his wife in West Hollywood, Miguel Angel Aguilar got in his white convertible 1959 Chevrolet Impala and headed home to Bel-Air.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

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