turned up

verb

past tense of turn up
1
as in appeared
to come into view my missing car keys turned up just in time

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

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

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Recent Examples of turned up The longtime Oklahoma beekeeper is imparting his wisdom to Kateri (Angelina LookingGlass), a former foster kid of his who has recently turned up out of the blue. — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2026 Daniel Sandoval Dallas County Jail Dallas police said a search of the Charger turned up a plethora of police property. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Discovery turned up numerous others in active use, the heaviest being a director pasting contracts into a free service. — Keegan Crage, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Sure enough, the test turned up no worrisome markers for cancer, Alzheimer’s, or the like. — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026 However, the brother’s phone turned up nothing during an April search warrant. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Though the ammunition analysis was eventually called into question, in 2010 the Boulder County district attorney said investigators had turned up new evidence, and an arrest warrant for Smika was issued, the Boulder Daily Camera reported. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 In January, dozens of individual Farmers Union shareholders turned up at the annual meeting to protest the agreement. — Noah Daly august 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026 But a recent investigation into our recipe archives turned up one dessert from 1969 that was quite peculiar—Pixie Pie. — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned up
  1. appeared
  2. arrived
  3. found
  4. unfolded
  5. came
  6. learned
  7. showed
  8. got in
Verb
  • Despite the death of his biggest star and his own close call, Knight appeared to believe nothing would change in the business after Tupac’s murder.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Aerial footage showed a large law enforcement presence on Sunset Boulevard, which appeared to be closed off to traffic.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of appeared
Verb
  • The actor arrived in a regal sky blue high-neck top with a long cascading train and clashing red lining — custom designed by Prabal Gurung — offset with a casual pair of low slung, non-maternity jeans by La Ligne that skimmed just under her bump.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Knizner arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday morning following a six-hour flight across the country with his wife and 10-month-old baby.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrived
Verb
  • Wondermind, which was co-founded by Gomez; her mother, Mandy Teefey; and Daniella Pierson in November 2021, touts mental fitness practices and tools.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026
  • And now there are full-size mowers that can take on acres of grass, as a result of the technology being developed by companies like Kress, an electric motor company founded in the late 1920s.
    — Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of found
Verb
  • My divorce had unfolded five years prior, and Graham was a child of divorce.
    — Asha Iyer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • What unfolded could easily have been mistaken for a riot between mortal enemies.
    — Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of unfolded
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
Definition of came
Verb
  • Investigators later learned that days after Tran’s killing, the suspects identified by the informant had been arrested in unrelated incidents in Southern California.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Upon arrival, officers learned from medical personnel that Dyer had died of his injuries at the scene, police said.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of learned
Verb
  • Video captured in June showed Russian soldiers scrambling to respond to one attack by firing off man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) on a busy highway.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Video captured by a tourist on board a boat in northern Botswana showed the heart-pounding moment the vessel had to outrun a charging hippo.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of showed
Verb
  • Other states and countries got in on the game by rolling out more and more generous credits and subsidies as a way to bolster their economies with production jobs.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this month, the conservative pundit Tucker Carlson got in on the act and devoted an entire episode of his podcast to discussing how companies like Flock are creating an always-on surveillance state for American citizens.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of got in

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