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Definition of warm (up)

as in to provide

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a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event the couple's initial exchange of insults proved to be only a warm-up for their booze-fueled fight later that night

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Saturday is colder still, warm-up begins Sunday On Saturday, high temps will only reach the mid to upper 70s for much of the Central Valley between Sacramento and Modesto amid a few more morning clouds. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026 Joola, founded in 1952, will provide the tables across the US Smash competition, including the show courts, warm-up areas and practice facilities. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026 Unlike television, in books, you’re allowed the grace of a longer warm-up. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 Starter Michael Soroka left before the second inning with posterior hip discomfort sustained throwing warm-up pitches. — CBS News, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for warm (up)

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In a statement, Academic Senate Chair Ahmet Palazoglu confirmed a policy recommendation would be provided by June 2027.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
If approved, the state would have a constitutional mandate to provide free lunches and breakfasts for all K-12 public school students.

— Kirk McClure, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Definition of provide

Noun

These Space Act Agreements were intended as a prelude to a second phase of the program, which would award substantially more funding to one or two more companies to proceed into the construction and launch of their space stations.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Analysts widely believe Monday’s announcement is a prelude to eventual sales of both Comcast and NBCUniversal, a theory that Comcast rejects.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of prelude

Verb

Zhao said the controller even outperformed the software supplied by the robot’s manufacturer, demonstrating the value of combining machine-learning research with real-world robotics.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a source familiar with the investigation said Thursday.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of supply

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The meet continues Thursday, a day consisting largely of women’s preliminaries, followed by men’s finals Friday and women’s finals Saturday.

— Mike Wilson, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Hernandez, now a Southern Section champion again, along with all the other winners will move onto the CIF preliminaries next Saturday to face the rest of the state's top female jumpers, with a chance to get back to the state finals.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026

Definition of preliminary

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The five-floor, nearly 6,300-square-foot rental on Henry Street comes furnished and has an additional 2,000 square feet of outdoor space.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 14 July 2026
Adam Brawer of Compass and Mitch Hagerman of Sotheby’s Fiji share the listing, which is being sold fully furnished with an 85-year tourism lease.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 July 2026

Definition of furnish

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Floor #1 is meant to work as a flexible base camp area and comes equipped with a foldaway bamboo worktop/table.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 July 2026
Six of the Starlink V3 satellites are equipped with cameras to record live views of Starship and its heat shield and beam them back to Earth for analysis.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of equip

Verb

SoftBank and its data center arm, SB Energy, are building it on a site where a giant uranium enrichment facility once stood, helping arm American nuclear bombs.

— Scott Cohn, CNBC, 9 July 2026
The unrest began in mid-March but has intensified, leaving at least three dead as vigilantes armed with spears, clubs, and whips assaulted migrants and destroyed their homes.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 28 June 2026

Definition of arm

Verb

According to the KitKat Playroom website, the streams help educate viewers about kitten care and can increase adoption rates.

— USA TODAY, USA Today, 10 July 2026
SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.

— Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 July 2026

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