run-up

noun

Definition of run-upnext
1
as in countdown

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2
as in spike

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Recent Examples of run-up Tielemans’ former Aston Villa team-mate Amadou Onana also appears to mirror Rashford’s run-up in a game against Manchester City in 2025. — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Given an evening of unknowns, Thursday’s run-up to kickoff had something of that TCU 2023 vibe, only … meaner. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2026 Stocks on Wall Street closed higher Thursday as a recent run-up in bond yields eased further and big technology companies rallied, helping the market recoup its losses from earlier in the week. — Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Stocks on Wall Street closed higher Thursday as a recent run-up in bond yields eased further and big technology companies rallied. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run-up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run-up
  1. countdown
  2. spike
  3. preliminary
  4. jump
  5. overture
  6. continuation
  7. prelude
  8. upturn
Noun
  • The Doomsday Glacier is not a countdown to a single catastrophic event.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Launch campaigns for new rockets often take months before a first flight, involving multiple integrated fueling tests, countdown rehearsals, and a static fire.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of countdown
Noun
  • There were some surprises in the rankings, too, with the Fendi Spy bag seeing a 127 percent spike in average resale value amid this year’s Y2K revival.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Simpleimages | Moment | Getty Images Thousands of homeowners with adjustable-rate mortgages may soon face a potential spike in the interest rate that's applied to their loan.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of spike
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • This isn’t the first time Knievel’s jump has inspired somebody to do something spectacular.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Some configurations released more energy but required larger motor rotations between jumps.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of jump
Noun
  • But that’s exactly what happened when Duffield made an overture to author Daniel Kraus about his then-forthcoming book, Whalefall.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Saudi overtures come at a sensitive time for the kingdom.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of overture
Noun
  • The model was doing exactly what it was trained to do, which was to produce plausible-sounding continuations of the prompts Lemoine had chosen to feed it about consciousness.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The evening, co-hosted by Vanity Fair, marked a continuation in the film’s already lengthy journey, with a suitably ambitious exhibition pulling back the curtain on costumes, puppets, props and diminutive sets.
    — Bridget Arsenault, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of continuation
Noun
  • But that ticket surge was just a prelude for the Sixers signing LeBron James to a two-year, $8 million contract later that month.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The beginning of Between Worlds functions as a kind of prelude, offering a straightforward primer on Said.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of prelude
Noun
  • Improving short-term momentum and a pending oversold upturn in the SPDR S & P Retail ETF (XRT) support a short-term relief rally within the long-term uptrend.
    — , CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The gentle upturn at the corners of the mouth gives Samoyeds a cheerful look, one suited to a major fashion campaign.
    — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of upturn

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“Run-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run-up. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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