turn up

verb

Definition of turn upnext
1
as in to appear
to come into view my missing car keys turned up just in time

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Relevance

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

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

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of turn up Searches of the suspects’ homes turned up a second handgun and merchandise stolen from the smoke shops, police said. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 20 July 2026 Those numbers tell us that the cinema business can still produce substantial operating leverage when the films are there and people turn up. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Not surprisingly, thousands of spectators turned up in replica soccer jerseys for their team of choice. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 19 July 2026 There’s no real point trying to parse the differences between Hebden’s Four Tet and Wingdings aliases; the fact that so many Wingdings tracks turned up on Parallel proves that the border is porous. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for turn up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn up
  1. appear
  2. arrive
  3. find
  4. show
  5. come
  6. learn
  7. unfold
  8. get in
Verb
  • Iran claims to have targeted US facilities and partners across the Middle East on Friday, unleashing what appear to be its largest reprisals since a fragile ceasefire shattered almost a week ago.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Bosworth appears as Kathleen Sloane, a corporate defense attorney whose morals are called into question when her clients ask for the unthinkable.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 July 2026
Definition of appear
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  • France Under-21 international Jacquet, who arrived in a £60million ($81m at current exchange rates) move from French club Rennes, is fit to feature after recovering from the shoulder injury which wrecked the second half of last season for him.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • The world’s media has arrived in Downing Street in London ahead of today’s events.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of arrive
Verb
  • Officers found Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan unconscious.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Rodri found himself in the position Reece James did a year ago, not really knowing what to do next.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of find
Verb
  • Justice John Dixon said Bauer Media had failed to show the claims made about Wilson were substantially true or trivial.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Techradar’s recent survey on consumer attitudes to AI shows a drop in the use of AI services such as Gemini and ChatGPT.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of show
Verb
  • Passengers at the back can also get extra serenading with the standard Burmester 3D Surround Sound with Dolby Atmos, which comes with an additional pair of rear speakers and a more powerful 710-watt amp.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 21 July 2026
  • Until the grid manages load better, data centers curtail their own, or new supply comes online, calling on emergency power isn't the backup plan.
    — Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of come
Verb
  • Redefining what support looks like for Atlanta mothers Atlanta fashion model applies lessons learned as a young mom.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
  • At the heart of the system are Large Behavior Models (LBMs) and Diffusion Policy, AI techniques that allow robots to learn complex manipulation and decision-making skills instead of following rigid, pre-programmed workflows.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Definition of learn
Verb
  • In a scene that unfolds in slow motion, a canister of tear gas is tossed into the couple’s home, tearing through their veil of domestic bliss.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • Beyond ornate 19th-century wrought-iron gates, walled gardens unfold as a series of outdoor rooms, with a formal knot garden by landscape architect Arabella Lennox-Boyd and borders by Mary Keen.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
Definition of unfold
Verb
  • Your Rayo Capital Group doesn’t want those nuisance regulators and institutions to get in the way of its crypto profits.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
  • Daniel Bertoni, Argentina vs Netherlands, 1978 Two-goal Mario Kempes surges from deep, tries a one-two with Bertoni, only for the latter to get in the way, deny Kempes his hat-trick and score himself past an exposed Jongbloed.
    — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of get in

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