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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for open (up)
Verb
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London desperately needs that at a time when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his ministers have been accused of harming business sentiment and investment with recent tax rises.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025 -
However, the win was a team effort as forward Brianna Turner (four points, six rebounds), forward Mikayla Timpson (nine points), guards Shey Peddy, Lexie Hull, and Aerial Powers brought the defensive energy and physicality that Indiana desperately needed.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Taken together, the two programs free older workers for the flexible opportunities often available with smaller companies or nonprofits with traditionally lower pay.—
Amy Lindgren,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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This helped free Nacua up for a 24-yard gain into the red zone.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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In 1780, John Adams wanted the Continental Congress to standardize English, but the proposal to mandate English was rejected.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The kickoff trend NFL officials have wanted the kickoff to return to relevance, and after modifications to the play last season and one final modification to the rules this offseason, the goal appears attainable.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Now, not liking the answer, some are reaching to unplug the machine — while others fight to perfect it.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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There's no better place to unplug than Cataloochee Ranch and the mountains of western North Carolina.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In a bipartisan vote, 49 Republicans joined Democrats to repeal the authorizations, which members say have been abused to justify later military actions.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Judge Carreño-Coll further ruled that the plaintiffs had failed to establish that all the ten named defendants, along with various unnamed companies and individuals even had sufficient connections to Puerto Rico to justify the filing of the lawsuit to begin with.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Each of us takes about twenty thousand breaths every single day—twenty thousand chances for the air around us to either sustain life or to quietly harm it.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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In a video taken by a security camera at his mother's driveway, obtained by ABC News, a federal agent can be heard asking Gamez Lira to turn off the engine and to not resist.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Nonetheless, with policy in restrictive territory, the baseline outlook and the shifting balance of risks may warrant adjusting our policy stance.—
Adeola Adeosun
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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An accomplishment that warranted some kind of celebration, or at least some gesture of largesse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Open (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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