turning up

present participle of turn up
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of turning up Those turned away are instead turning up at the local pawn shop. Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025 Revenue growth is accelerating as Reddit is not only growing its weekly active users but also turning up the dial on their ad-tech platform. Todd Gordon, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025 So when your internal temperature starts turning up the heat, this machine-washable cooling blanket counteracts it by enhancing air circulation and wicking any initial sweat. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2025 Skittles is turning up the heat with its new chewy candy. Greta Cross, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025 In the post, the artist shared footage of her and rapper Kash Doll turning up during a trip to see Chris Brown in concert. Essence, 18 Aug. 2025 And national pundits are turning up the heat too. Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2025 Sure, the idea of more power always sounds better to confirmed speed freaks such as myself, but simply turning up the wick wouldn’t keep with the RBW ethos—and might throw that balance fully out of whack, in fact. Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 The View is on hiatus, but Ana Navarro is turning up the heat on a Grecian vacation. EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turning up
Verb
  • Her three-day-only event for the 89-minute movie that is essentially an extended trailer for her new The Life of a Showgirl LP easily soared well above the box office of two major Hollywood stars appearing in films with Oscar buzz.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Silvestri is executive producer on the upcoming HBO series I Love LA, starring Rachel Sennott, and has written on several TV shows in addition to appearing in shows such as The Good Place and Broad City.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Four boats from the LAFD were dispatched to the man’s vessel, with the first arriving around 40 minutes after the initial call for help.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Lum always tries to connect with contacts from artistic, photographic and diasporic communities, or local historians and architects, before arriving.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Iamaleava piloted an offense that looked reborn, finding 42 reasons to believe again.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Culinary skills aside, he’s proven a quick study finding who the power brokers are here and has been working closely with them.
    Carol Cain, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On the morning of 9/11, Scott's company Ladder 118 was dispatched from its firehouse in Brooklyn to respond to the crisis unfolding at the World Trade Center.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The protests that are now unfolding are a result of that skepticism.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now Lapeer is getting in on the action.
    Amy Huschka, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Facebook users have mentioned that the restaurant is busy as customers are getting in their last few moments of home style Korean cooking.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The line in Swift's song and The Life of a Showgirl's cover art appears to be inspired by a Victorian-era painting that depicts the scene in Hamlet when Ophelia goes crazy and falls into a stream and drowns after learning Hamlet killed her father.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Whether kids are learning tricks, competing with friends, or just marveling at the floating string, ZipString delivers the perfect mix of science, wonder and fun.
    Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After coming out of the locker room at halftime, Johnson stopped for an interview with NFL on CBS sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Video on social media showed a drink coming out of the gallery and hitting McIlroy’s wife in her hat, sparking more anger from the Northern Irishman.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mounted patrol is expected to move in the coming months from Percy Warner Park to Peeler Park in Madison.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In addition, the NBCU-Google deal calls for Peacock to be available in the coming months as a subscription through YouTube Primetime Channels, the platform’s third-party subscription offering (which is independent of YouTube TV).
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Turning up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turning%20up. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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