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as in to appear
to come into view
my missing car keys turned up just in time
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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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Recent Examples of turn up
However, the investigation seemingly did not turn up any further leads — until a realtor working with Von Ferdinand grew suspicious of him while trying to sell the ranch, per FOX 5.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Stretched financially while trying to take its success to the next level, Jake gets another headache when his troubled brother Vince (Bateman, 56) turns up after getting himself into some deadly serious trouble.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
The move seeks to turn up the heat on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine, but risks further destabilizing global trade relations.
—Chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Hans El Oso adds a haunting quality to this irresistible duet that’s going to turn up the heat on Estevie’s career.
—Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Stretched financially while trying to take its success to the next level, Jake gets another headache when his troubled brother Vince (Bateman, 56) turns up after getting himself into some deadly serious trouble.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
The move seeks to turn up the heat on Moscow to end the war in Ukraine, but risks further destabilizing global trade relations.
—Chloe Taylor,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Hans El Oso adds a haunting quality to this irresistible duet that’s going to turn up the heat on Estevie’s career.
—Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn up
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Videos from bystanders appeared to capture on person running across a rooftop of a nearby building on the campus, called the Losee Center, located around 140 yards from the stage were Kirk was speaking from.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The photo released shows what appears to be a man wearing a largely black outfit with an American flag on his shirt, a black cap, and black sunglasses.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The first episode of The Penthouse launched on Friday, and new episodes will arrive every Friday on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, while full video episodes can be exclusively found on YouTube.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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Suddenly, once difficult-to-find larger sizes were becoming more common in the batches of clothing arriving for resale.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The typical price of a single-family home in the United States is about $368,000, jumping roughly 13% over the past 5 years and 38% over the last decade, the ABC News data team found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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And Sheen does find the words to tell more harrowing stories of addiction and excess that defined his Hollywood spiral.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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China’s economy showed further signs of weakness last month, with key data Monday revealing factory output and consumption rising at their weakest pace for around a year.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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That may explain why taking HRT in the years right around menopause—and in turn, avoiding the steep estrogen dropoff of this phase—was shown to lower dementia risk.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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Wildfire worries With the worsening drought comes worries over wildfires.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The first strike actually came defensively.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Washington Examiner attended a press conference held by Taiwanese Foreign Minister Chia-lung Lin on Thursday, where the head diplomat expounded upon the lessons learned from observing the violence unfolding in Eastern Europe.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Instead of conquest, the focus was intimacy—feeling the land under your feet, learning animal tracks, listening to the bush itself.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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But within those few episodes is a devastating story about a young boy who commits a horrendous crime that unfolds in excruciating detail, with each episode consisting of a single long shot.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The plan is to drop the first episode alongside the trial, see how things unfold in court, and, if possible, integrate relevant trial developments into the following episodes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Affordable Care Act in 2010 expanded access to the reviews, but barriers regularly get in the way of the process serving as a true check on insurers.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Still, Counsell and the Cubs have kept their sights set on continuing to play well enough to hang onto a playoff spot while not getting in trouble for looking past the regular season series that are still in front of them.—
Jared Wyllys,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Turn up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20up. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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