up till

idiom

: during the time or period before
Up till now, everything has gone very well.

Examples of up till in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The resistance intends to go full bore right up till the vote. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024 While cutting off supplies of existing types of arms can lead to Ukrainian defeat, providing Ukraine with types of arms denied it up till now can lead to victory. Robert Zubrin, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024 The significance of this is that up till now, the amount of carbon released to generate the PETM has been calculated from the aftereffects of the emissions—things like changes in ocean chemistry recorded in fossils of plankton that lived at the time. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2023 And those drawings are in many of the Off Color concepts right up till the end. Michaela Zee, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023 The most likely chance of thunderstorms in D-FW is after midnight into early Wednesday morning — likely up till 9 a.m., Langfeld added. Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023 Campbell, a former bartender, also operates The Standard Pour, just down the street from Parliament, and up till recently, The Clover Club, on Cedar Springs. Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 24 July 2023 But while there is no dearth of World War II historical fiction, up till now Black women’s contributions to the war effort have received little attention. Carole V. Bell, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023 From the beginning years up till now, dogs are accepted from animal control and from locals and visitors who find stray dogs. Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2023

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“Up till.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20till. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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