1
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
From court and other public records, the checks turned up incidents that voters may want to know about.
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Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2025
The small town Indiana cheerleaders, jocks, and hoods sport shoulder pads, their Izod collars turned up, pants rolled into pleats.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
At various points over the summer, the air conditioning broke or was turned up too high, according to court filings.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
But Lee doesn’t want to turn up at the Indian store looking like a white guy shopping for moccasins.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2025
The small town Indiana cheerleaders, jocks, and hoods sport shoulder pads, their Izod collars turned up, pants rolled into pleats.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
At various points over the summer, the air conditioning broke or was turned up too high, according to court filings.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
But Lee doesn’t want to turn up at the Indian store looking like a white guy shopping for moccasins.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn up
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Members of the committee from both political parties criticized Underly for choosing to accept an alumni award at Indiana University instead of appearing before the committee Thursday to answer questions about student safety for the public that have arisen because of the Capital Times reporting.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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But for consumers, higher wages on paper do not appear to have eased the sting of rising prices, according to several recent surveys.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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Yesavage, on the other hand, didn’t arrive in the big leagues until a month ago.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The online system allows text or email alerts to be set up whenever a new message arrives.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Police found a firearm in the vehicle, the release says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
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The child was found by her mother three hours later, with internal vehicle temperatures having reached over 108 degrees.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Photos taken of the aftermath show the aircraft partially submerged in water near the airport's sea wall.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Steven Adler published an analysis showing that ChatGPT repeatedly and falsely reinforced one man’s delusions and psychological distress.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Chelsea shared on Instagram that Maximus spent eight days in the hospital before being able to come home.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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With that immense wealth comes a responsibility to give back to Louisville and the world, several members of the family told the Courier Journal.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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My history and the lessons learned My record of immediately reversing transfers is historically bad, with this season no exception!—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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One cornerstone is Bayesian optimization, an active-learning strategy that greedily picks the next best experiment.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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Aguirre expects more people to sign as the campaign unfolds.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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The fraught and politically chaotic debate is unfolding this way because data centers are largely a bottom-up issue, said Megan Mullin, a professor of public policy at UCLA.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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McQueen is getting in on the art deco centenary action, shooting its 2025 holiday campaign at Eltham Palace in southeast London, an architectural gem built in 1936 that now belongs to the charity English Heritage.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Mercury moonwalk will consume our holiday plans, so steer clear of awkward conversations with the family and allot extra time for travel in case delays get in the way of a prompt arrival.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Turn up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn%20up. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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