vamp (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vamp (up)
Verb
  • Laws governing the use of AI should be devised in a Goldilocks manner.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While creatives have historically devised and illustrated their ideas, using tech tools like Photoshop to fine-tune them, the script appears to have flipped — with AI starting the process and humans perfecting the final product.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The district plans to begin constructing the canals in 2026, and is looking for a developer to partner in the project, Alanis said.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The building that houses it was constructed in the 1940s; quirky designs abound inside, as do low ceilings and claustrophobic layouts.
    Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To solve this problem, materials scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have concocted a new sunscreen recipe that spares the ocean’s vital microorganisms.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Not only is the kitchen fully on display but a separate alcove is given over to his highly technical lab, a play space dedicated to fermentation, aging, preserving and otherwise concocting.
    Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The genius was a man named Joel Houghton, who invented and patented a mechanical dishwasher in 1850.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Zambia also invented the walking safari.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From the get-go, that was an effort on our part to drum up interest.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, as China faces its own challenges at home, where the ruling Communist Party is grappling with a slowing economy and persistent unemployment, some observers wonder whether drumming up nationalism as a distraction strategy could push China into an even more aggressive stance.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Vamp (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vamp%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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