keys (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of key (up)
as in sets off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keys (up)
  1. sets off
  2. motivates
  3. activates
  4. induces
  5. energizes
  6. quickens
  7. inspires
  8. animates
Verb
  • When the whole family sets off on a cross-country road trip to take teen Katie Mitchell to college, a rogue AI hatches a plan to launch all humans into space, and only the Mitchells can stop it.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
  • Kit departs, leaving Lauren in tears, and sets off for Wyoming for a new job and a chance at a new life.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 23 July 2026
Definition of sets off
Verb
  • For all his success, Sienkiewicz has never lost the sense of wonder at being able to do work that motivates himself personally.
    — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • What needs to be consolidated to create a space that motivates you?
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Definition of motivates
Verb
  • Chili introduces capsaicin, which activates nerves responsible for sensing heat rather than taste.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Every summer in Rhode Island, Art&Newport—an organization founded in 2017 by Dodie Kazanjian, a longtime contributing editor at this magazine—activates one of the seaside city’s most historic (and picturesque) sites with a temporary art exhibition.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 28 July 2026
Definition of activates
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  • Researchers exposed male mouse testicle cells, known as TM3 cells, to a chemical that induces oxidative stress.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
  • For Carney, 43, though, being asked to draw or write a tattoo for a fan immediately induces a certain level of stress.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
Definition of induces
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  • Auspicious Jupiter energizes your 3rd House of Communication while imaginative Neptune harmonizes from your 11th House of Friends and Community, making ideas, introductions, and pitches flow more easily.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
  • Mars energizes your 6th House of Work and Wellness, while Saturn reinforces your 4th House of Home and Foundations.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of energizes
Verb
  • As technology advances, the pace of deforestation only quickens, resulting in the penetration and destruction of even the most remote wildernesses.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • The pace quickens, the characters start using their brains and there's even the smallest smidgen of levity mixed in with all the heads on pikes and grieving mothers.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026
Definition of quickens
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  • One of the places that inspires her most is her family’s home in Sagaponack, designed by Elsa Soyars.
    — Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Jimothy inspires artists around the country Jimothy has been an inspiration to many, evidenced by all the artists who have paid homage to him in their medium of choice.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 25 July 2026
Definition of inspires
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  • On his first appearance for Peak Oil, the Mancunian producer animates foreboding, percussive bass music with tricky details and Escherian grooves.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
  • Listening to his composition, I am struck by its beauty, craftsmanship, and the unmistakable sense of wonder that animates it.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 July 2026
Definition of animates
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