up to

Definition of up tonext
as in until
during the period before and continuing to (a particular time) She was unsure of what to do and deliberated up to the last moment about whether to accept the job offer.

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Recent Examples of up to Walmart Chief Executive John Furner said in a blog post last month that digital price tags save workers time and keep prices up to date. — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Of more immediate interest to McCarthy were arguments about what his favorite Southern writers—Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Connor—were up to. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 Washington imposed tariffs of up to 50% on most Indian goods in August 2025 after trade talks broke down. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 This particular hexacopter can reportedly carry up to 200 pounds (90 kilograms). — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for up to
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  • 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.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/up%20to. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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