TURNUP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

turn up

verb

Definition of turn up

as in to appear

to come into view my missing car keys turned up just in time

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Relevance

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as in to arrive

to get to a destination when do you think our guests will turn up?

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as in to find

to come upon after searching, study, or effort it took days to turn up the original documents

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Recent Examples of turn up Months later, the models were turning up weaknesses no one had spotted before. — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026 The screen turned up seven stocks, including RingCentral , Intuitive Surgical and Deckers Outdoor . — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Around 350 residents turned up a few weeks ago to an informational meeting about the center that quickly turned loud, disruptive and unproductive. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 The straighter, skinnier pants on the catwalks the last few seasons are now turning up on the streets. — Irene Kim, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for turn up

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Verb

Companies appearing on the Norrsken/100 included those working on overhauling and strengthening grid capacity and transforming renewables storage.

— Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
When appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last week, the Canadian pop singer teased the single.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of appear

Verb

Subject to eligibility, these trials usually last for just a few days, so be sure to cancel your subscription before your first bill arrives.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026
Reports indicate that several hundred protesters followed that directive, arriving in downtown Milan and, eventually, clashing with police.

— Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrive

Verb

Yet the clubs from small markets with relatively low payrolls found ways to play the best baseball in each of their respective leagues this season en route to the World Series.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
Other organizations linked to Page, including Flu Lab LLC, One Aero, and Oceankind, were also incorporated in Delaware that month, after previously being in California, Rogelberg’s analysis of state filings found.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of find

Verb

Video on social media showed distressed shopkeepers begging young men to stop stealing their inventory—and those young men pushing them aside to grab shoes and food from their shelves.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
The analysis showed that quantum mechanics does indeed put a speed limit on how quickly different quantum systems can reach a thermal equilibrium.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of show

Verb

The post came roughly seven hours after Anthropic's Sunday announcement.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
In a matter of weeks, when the midterm results are tallied and the next campaign begins, Democrats with presidential dreams know the question will be coming.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of come

Verb

Carlie Irsay-Gordon, owner and CEO of the Colts, issued a strong statement regarding why the decision to fire Ballard unfolded at this specific point of the regular season.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The common concern is what matters in the scene, and where the audience should be as that part of the story unfolds.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of unfold

Verb

Four runs from first-and-goal at the Kansas 5 failed to get in the end zone, giving the Jayhawks the ball trailing 25-24 to start the fourth quarter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
The trip had always felt like a distant possibility—never off the table entirely, but life kept getting in the way.

— Jenn Sinrich, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026

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