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 Samsung Construction and Trading joins the reactor project Samsung will invest in Kairos Power and provide engineering services worth up to $100 million under a binding agreement. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026 The main front camera captures up to native 4K, or 3K at a smoother 60 frames per second. — New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026 Rainfall totals in Guerrero and Michoacán states could reach 3 to 6 inches, with locally up to 8 inches in spots through Thursday. — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 No one hit the right numbers to take the Powerball top prize, so that will be up to $332 million for Wednesday. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 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 26 Sep. 2026.

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