turned up

past tense of turn up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of turned up After only forcing 10 turnovers in the Game 1 loss, Atlanta has turned up its pressure and that's led to easy points off its opponents miscues. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Throughout the 1970s, Skerritt turned up in a number of big screen comedies, dramas and even a landmark sci-fi film. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 After a month, the ketogenic group showed clear metabolic improvements; the more striking psychiatric and cognitive gains turned up at four months—by which point the diet had been offered to everyone, eliminating the control-group comparison. — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 In August, supervisors in Pinal County, Arizona, voted down a large data center campus after so many residents turned up to object that the county opened five overflow rooms across three buildings. — Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Celebrities all turned up for the event in style tonight—bringing their best statement looks to the occasion. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026 In London, hundreds of people turned up in the financial district for a Wednesday morning dance-off before work, as appetite grows worldwide for daytime raves. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 The process has already turned up new ingredients, including new non-calorie sweeteners and non-sodium umami enhancers, which the company launched for commercial sampling this year. — Joe Mullich, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Some interest rate-sensitive stocks, including the utilities and Club name Home Depot , have turned up, as absurd as that is. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned up
Verb
  • Anderson said the man appeared to have died of natural causes and that no foul play was suspected.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Nigeria's Health Minister Muhammad Pate said Friday that the woman's infection appeared closely related to Kenya's first case, while cautioning that this did not necessarily establish the transmission route.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Over 7 million people were eligible to vote, and tens of thousands reportedly arrived from overseas.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Police 22-year-old Hampton fled the scene before officers arrived, but was located, arrested and charged with murder later that day.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The company was founded by Kush Agarwal and Arvin Singh, who have backgrounds in aerospace engineering and aircraft development at the University of California, Los Angeles.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Jacob Bickelhaupt co-founded the now-shuttered Konro restaurant in West Palm Beach, where his ex-wife was a partner.
    — Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • His return last Friday, now a star at Florida, offered a reminder how differently his career could have unfolded.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The bloody slayings unfolded about three miles apart, near the southern and northern ends of University Ave.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As a child, Betkowski displayed a morbid curiosity with chemicals and explosives, Cooper learned.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • For decades, junior accountants learned their trade by reconciling accounts, manually entering data, and grinding through the month-end close.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Photographs released by the sheriff’s office showed one helicopter overturned and another severely damaged.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The last snapshot of that data, published in September 2024, showed there were nearly 428,000 Black federal employees, representing about 19% of the total workforce.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Last Christmas, while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, James got in a few practice swings ahead of his team's eventual loss to the Houston Rockets.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • One even got in trouble and is shackled to a wooden pillory, serving as an example to others who disobey the crown and engage in piracy.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Turned up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20up. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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