TURNS UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

turns up

verb

present tense third-person singular of turn up

as in appears

to come into view my missing car keys turned up just in time

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Relevance

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as in arrives

to get to a destination when do you think our guests will turn up?

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as in finds

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

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Recent Examples of turns up Once Venus enters Leo, however, the cosmos turns up the charm in your relationship sector, bringing attention, passion and mutual adoration. —

Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 But as the night wanes on, the music turns up. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026 The real deal starts when Franck (Benoit Magimel) turns up, the clear boss of this break-in but who treats himself and his cohorts as welcome visitors. —

Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 May 2026 And if nothing turns up, consider starting one yourself. —

Angela Haupt, Time, 19 May 2026 Bum-seok seems done for until Sung-ae turns up with a cop car full of military-grade weapons to slow the thing down. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026 But both are good at solving crimes, and here in season 2, Eddie is reluctantly stuck in her hometown when an arm turns up in the mouth of a dead alligator, and many more body parts arrive over time. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 The latter activity gives them some solid ground to plant their hooves on when George abruptly turns up dead one morning, poisoned by an unknown suspect. —

Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 8 May 2026 Then one of Shapira’s fellow soldiers turns up and shoots the Syrian dead. —

John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026

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So while on paper Mecklenburg’s child care system appears relatively stable — roughly 500 licensed providers, a net gain of licensed slots last year, no mass wave of closures — Hazeldine says that’s an incomplete picture.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
But rather than addressing them, Kennedy appears to be attempting to push vaccine compensation on to the civil court system—and, potentially, expose drug makers to unlimited liability.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026