Thesaurus results for WARM (UP)

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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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Fishel had already received an unusually glamorous warm-up to the fair. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 But Farm Aid is coming up on September 26, and Young booked two warm-up shows with Willie Nelson in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Philadelphia to shake off the rust and prep for the annual charity concert. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026 For attendees, the plunge or sauna session isn’t a warm-up to the real plan. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 As part of the agreement, the Brooks logo will feature prominently on the front of all training, travel, walkout and warm-up apparel worn by Crystal Palace’s men’s and women’s first-teams. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warm (up)

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InToto, a creative arts forum, provides programming for people experiencing economic hardship, and at his African Village in America, an ongoing art installation, Joe Minter brings the living memory of the Black experience into central focus.

— Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
Evenson said the Missouri Department of Transportation had no issue with the bike race using the bridge, as long as the contractor provides permission.

— Glory Reitz, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of provide

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The beginning of Between Worlds functions as a kind of prelude, offering a straightforward primer on Said.

— Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
People may be wondering if the nor’easter flooding is a prelude for what to expect as a strong El Niño continues to build this winter and as sea level rises in the future.

— Brian Tang, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of prelude

Verb

Some companies supplying the AI boom are already making money, Hayes said, pointing to memory chipmakers and Nvidia.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Bathrooms have marble floors and walls of an almost pure-white Dolomite stone, with rain showers and separate tubs supplied with Natura Bissé products in rosemary and white tea scents.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of supply

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This year’s Miss World competition recently made headlines during the preliminaries when Ugandan delegate Elle Muhoza made a powerful fashion statement.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
But all of that was just the preliminaries for Grady Emerson.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026

Definition of preliminary

Verb

But beyond furnishing her home or launching future business plans, Anderson says taking on such a massive life project has held deeper meaning.

— Jennifer Liu Valentina Duarte, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Another small desk option for furnishing even the tiniest of studio apartments, with cute vintage-looking rounded knobs.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of furnish

Verb

If a degree needs to equip students for life outside of college, then a big part of that is understanding what employers are looking for.

— Reynald Fasciaux, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Some of the amenities include a yoga room with classes available to guests throughout the week (except Sundays), a 24-hour gym, and a spa equipped with a sauna, cold plunge, and hydrothermal circuit.

— Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of equip

Verb

After spending 13 years at Lucasfilm working on Star Wars, Walters helped grow Xbox’s consumer products arm into a mult-billion-dollar business with more than 250 licenses.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Ahmed doesn’t merely document the decisions that led President Biden and his aides to arm and rationalize what leading human rights organizations and legal scholars now consider a genocide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of arm

Verb

Cranor said many efforts to educate employees and the public about scams have not been rigorously evaluated.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
The woman is seeking more than $1 million in damages for negligence, gross negligence, invasion of privacy and failure to warn, train or educate, according to the suit.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026

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