UP TILL Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

up till

preposition

Definition of up till

as in until

up to (a particular time) Up till now, the weather has been nearly perfect for our vacation.

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Recent Examples of up till About a half dozen of them became fugitives, and the FBI spent a number of years up till now still trying to catch them. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

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up to

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But Shanahan and his players were feeling strong in the run-up to the game in Melbourne.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Molina faces four counts of wire fraud and, if convicted, up to 20 years in federal prison for each count.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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