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as in to survive
to continue to operate or to meet one's needs
let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave
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as in to preserve
to keep in good condition
kept the house up while the owners were gone
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as in to remain
to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state
let's hope this beautiful weather keeps up for the rest of our vacation
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Recent Examples of keep up
In tandem with the talks, both sides have kept up offensive military actions along the roughly 620-mile front line and carried out deep strikes.
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Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025
In tandem with the talks, both sides have kept up offensive military actions along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line and carried out deep strikes.
—Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
The mainstream media can hardly keep up reporting all of these idiocies.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
And in a bid to keep up with other regions broadening the types of productions that can receive subsidies, TV shows consisting of two or more episodes of at least 20 minutes would qualify for the program, which currently only allows series with episodes of at least 40 minutes to qualify.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
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Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025
In tandem with the talks, both sides have kept up offensive military actions along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line and carried out deep strikes.
—Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
The mainstream media can hardly keep up reporting all of these idiocies.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
And in a bid to keep up with other regions broadening the types of productions that can receive subsidies, TV shows consisting of two or more episodes of at least 20 minutes would qualify for the program, which currently only allows series with episodes of at least 40 minutes to qualify.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keep up
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Wisdom is what allows critical care physicians like me not just to recite a definition of pneumonia but to sit with a family in crisis and interpret what that pneumonia means for the life of their loved one, who now needs the ventilator to survive.—
Venktesh Ramnath,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2025
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Having thrived on the continent for 15 million years, pigeons couldn’t survive a mere three centuries of the free market.—
Dan Flores,
Time,
29 May 2025
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For You, these acts are attempts to preserve art’s political orientation as left-wing and capitalism-critical—albeit produced under extreme capitalist conditions and in full awareness of that cognitive dissonance.—
Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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The approved budget would preserve the portion of the program for those 65 and older, allocating $110 million for that coverage.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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The incident remains under investigated by Meriden Police detectives and anyone with information should contact Det.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
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Brands must be agile and deeply attuned to cultural shifts to remain relevant.—
Billee Howard,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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While state law allows special sessions to last up to 60 days, many lawmakers view the end of June as their true deadline to get an incentives plan done.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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Being pepper-sprayed can also lead to lasting psychological trauma.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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The adults can survive for up to five months without food, remaining still to conserve their energy.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 May 2025
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The Nicaraguan native and engineer bought the land with the intent to conserve the tropical forest and its wildlife.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 May 2025
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Voice of America was founded during WWII to counter Axis propaganda and continued to bring cultural and political democracy to countries under authoritarian rule.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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King continued to dominate, finishing his freshman season at Florida with a monstrous 73 1/3 innings with 79 strikeouts and a 2.58 ERA.—
Jackson Castellano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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Brown is happy the game will be at CSUN instead of in the South Bay, where the previous two finals were played (at Cal State Dominguez Hills in 2023 and at Long Beach State last spring when Carson prevailed 1-0 in 14 innings despite Moorman’s 19 strikeouts).—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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The only question was whether someone else would beat him to it. Somer prevailed.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
28 May 2025
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Prosecutors said the defendants had marketed gaming operations in the two states and helped internet cafes set and maintain terminals that operated the games, which could be played for credits.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
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June 03, 2025 Listening well is an essential aspect of leadership – not just to maintain good relationships with employees, but to drive real business improvements and results.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
3 June 2025
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“Keep up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keep%20up. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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