TURNS UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

turns up

verb

Definition of turns up next

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 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 The inspection includes placing a dye into toilets and holding tanks to see if any of the dye turns up in the water around the boat, indicating a leak. —

Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 Then one of Shapira’s fellow soldiers turns up and shoots the Syrian dead. —

John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026 Beetz stars as Asia, a young woman who turns up on the stoop of a high-end Manhattan apartment building, the Virgil, answering an ad for a maid job. —

Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 This season, Billy really turns up the fashion, and his obsession with fashion becomes very clear. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2026 Poitier stars as Homer Smith, a drifter who turns up in a small Arizona town and helps a group of nuns construct a chapel for the local community. —

Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026 One day in January 1766, a scruffy visitor turns up at Prince of Wales’ Fort, a remote trading post of the Hudson’s Bay Company in what is now northern Manitoba. —

Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2026 Jesse challenges fast-food chains into signing covenants with PUSH to hire and distribute proportionally to their black customers; Noah turns up with a chain of Wendy's, Bojangles, and Church's Fried Chicken in both Chicago and New York. —

Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026

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Fighting appears to shift in Ukraine’s favor The correlation of forces in the war has shifted in recent months.

— Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
The La Jolla Recreation Center appears to have been saved from potential closure after San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria revised a budget proposal that last month included a scenario in which the 111-year-old building would be shuttered.

— Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026