waltzed (up)

verb

past tense of waltz (up)
as in turned up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waltzed (up)
  1. turned up
  2. arrived
  3. showed up
  4. reached
  5. came
  6. came up
  7. drew on
  8. attained
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  • After a month, the ketogenic group showed clear metabolic improvements; the more striking psychiatric and cognitive gains turned up at four months—by which point the diet had been offered to everyone, eliminating the control-group comparison.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In August, supervisors in Pinal County, Arizona, voted down a large data center campus after so many residents turned up to object that the county opened five overflow rooms across three buildings.
    — Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of turned up
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  • Officers arrived and found Gonzalez in handcuffs with a gunshot wound to his midsection, the department said in a statement last week.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The team arrived shortly after sunset, so fieldwork was postponed until morning.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrived
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  • Organizers say about half as many people showed up to Mill Creek Park than there were for the previous No Kings rally in March.
    — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Guard Collin Sexton’s absence because of a lower leg injury showed up in the Lakers’ turnover struggles.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of showed up
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  • Temperatures reached 122 degrees Fahrenheit for about six hours, forcing stores to discard fresh and frozen goods.
    — JOHN LEICESTER, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The German government has so far refrained from comment on the trial, pointing out that no verdict has yet been reached and the case is in the hands of the independent judiciary.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of reached
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of came
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  • For the first four games, the Chiefs’ wide receiver crew came up big.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The topic of a contract extension came up during the season for the first baseman who led the team with 35 home runs.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of came up
Verb
  • The analysis drew on 864 dogs enrolled in the multi-year, nationwide Dog Aging Project, giving researchers one of the largest genetic datasets ever gathered on canine aging.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The duo worked with curves, sequins and dotted effects to suggest light on water, and drew on Impressionist color contrasts.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of drew on
Verb
  • The researchers demonstrated the benefit of using different atoms by maintaining quantum entanglement for 10 seconds as against a few milliseconds attained with the same set of atoms.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • There is a greater good to be attained and that is the emphasis that will now be placed on the education of our students.
    — Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of attained
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