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as in to provide

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noun

ˈwȯrm-ˌəp How to pronounce warm-up (audio)
as in prelude
a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event the couple's initial exchange of insults proved to be only a warm-up for their booze-fueled fight later that night

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Recent Examples of warm (up)
Noun
So much for their preseason opener being a low-stakes warm-up. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Other 2026 Daytime inductees include actor/director/executive producer Francesca James in the Gold Circle, and Fox Television Stations exec VP of programming and development Stephen Brown and announcer/warm-up host Rubin Ervin in the Silver Circle. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 Between team meetings and warm-up drills, the Truitts would sit down for 10 minutes to review their game plan. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Fishel had already received an unusually glamorous warm-up to the fair. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warm (up)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warm (up)
  1. provide
  2. prelude
  3. supply
  4. preliminary
  5. furnish
  6. equip
  7. arm
  8. educate
Verb
  • Social media videos of him hitting tennis balls and baseballs while listing his policy proposals have provided a font of online mockery.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Paris police said one person died of a heart attack, without providing details.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of provide
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
Verb
  • The damage will be felt worldwide, not only in the countries leading AI’s development but in the many now battling to supply them with inputs, as well.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The money most likely came from Iran, which has supplied Hezbollah with billions of dollars and weapons over decades.
    — Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of supply
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
Verb
  • The request was made prior to Guilfoyle’s Senate confirmation last year, and Deters has denied furnishing the money.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026
  • This joke was memorable not for its sophistication so much as for his readiness to furnish it.
    — Dan Brooks, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of furnish
Verb
  • Storyteller experiments with some next-generation convertible furniture designs to make the new van even more versatile and better equipped for loading up gear.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • After the raid at the home last year, authorities found that almost every room in the house was equipped with surveillance cameras that fed a series of monitors in the parents’ bedroom, Queally said.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of equip
Verb
  • But while one jailbreak posted online can arm a billion people, the scarier class is the one that needs no arming.
    — Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • After spending 13 years at Lucasfilm working on Star Wars, Walters helped grow Xbox’s consumer products arm into a mult-billion-dollar business with more than 250 licenses.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of arm
Verb
  • Their legacy lives on in our mission to connect, educate, mentor and champion talent at every stage of a career.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • On Tuesday, both the NBA and WNBA announced a responsible gaming campaign, partnering with National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) to educate fans about sports betting risks.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of educate

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“Warm (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warm%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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