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 In the run-up to the Toronto Film Festival, however, Roshan Sethi — the filmmaker behind The Surgeon, one of TIFF’s hottest sales titles starring Michelle Yeoh — was in the hospital. Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Some communities obtain grants up to $500,000 from the state’s Department of Community & Economic Development Flood Mitigation Program. Kaleigh Yost, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026 The phone supports up to two side-by-side apps when the phone is open in landscape orientation. Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 In East and West Africa, motorcycles are more often commercial assets used by riders for up to 150 kilometers (about 100 miles) a day to carry passengers and goods. ABC News, 10 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 13 Sep. 2026.

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