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as in appeared
to come into view
my missing car keys turned up just in time
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as in arrived
to get to a destination
when do you think our guests will turn up?
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as in found
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
it took days to turn up the original documents
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Recent Examples of turned up
The search for her turned up the remains of 10 other people — seven of whom Heuermann has admitted to killing.
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Jaylen Wright started 2026 slowed by a knee injury, but eventually turned up the volume on his production, contributing 288 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns on 70 carries.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Their efforts turned up nothing.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
Russell Crowe turned up last year to accept a film legend award, underscored by his work in Gladiator, which filmed in Malta.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
The most recent annual report found only 11 pieces of public correspondence relevant to the [TV ratings] board’s work, and spot checks turned up just two instances where a rating actually needed to be changed.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
The bodies of two of the family's children were found months after the disappearance, but the other members never turned up.
—CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Some leaders from southern states also turned up in Parliament dressed in black as a mark of protest.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Here are a few stocks that turned up in Bank of America's screen.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Jaylen Wright started 2026 slowed by a knee injury, but eventually turned up the volume on his production, contributing 288 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns on 70 carries.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Their efforts turned up nothing.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
Russell Crowe turned up last year to accept a film legend award, underscored by his work in Gladiator, which filmed in Malta.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
The most recent annual report found only 11 pieces of public correspondence relevant to the [TV ratings] board’s work, and spot checks turned up just two instances where a rating actually needed to be changed.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
The bodies of two of the family's children were found months after the disappearance, but the other members never turned up.
—CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Some leaders from southern states also turned up in Parliament dressed in black as a mark of protest.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Here are a few stocks that turned up in Bank of America's screen.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned up
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The Supreme Court on April 27 appeared divided over whether Bayer can be sued for failing to warn that the company’s Roundup weed killer may cause cancer, hearing arguments in a major case that could block thousands of lawsuits and shield the company from billions of dollars in potential liability.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some have argued that social media activity amounts to citizen journalism, but mostly citizen journalism appeared to have been displaced or subsumed by social media.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Internal documents from Blue Hills, however, show the influence McCrory exercised over the state taxpayer money that arrived in Blue Hills’ bank accounts between 2022 and 2025.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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Forty-eight years later, Yakusho Koji arrived in Udine to collect the Golden Mulberry Award for lifetime achievement at the Far East Film Festival — presented by Wim Wenders, no less — and the name has more than fulfilled its promise.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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Carter also co-founded a non-profit in his community called The Local Voice, which aided women fighting breast cancer.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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The story of the site, which was subsequently bought by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp in 2005, is told in MySpace, a documentary directed by Tommy Avallone and produced by Gunpowder & Sky, the company founded by former MTV boss Van Toffler.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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As the competition unfolded, about half a dozen TV production staffers crammed into a small room watched from computer screens and two oversized monitors showing 14 different camera angles.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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Police also said the incident unfolded between Bryant and Corrigan.—
Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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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
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Participants learned the locations of fifty objects; each was associated with a distinct noise.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Investigators later learned Hissom and her male passenger, who was wounded, were caught in a crossfire as a group of four or five men grabbed weapons from a vehicle and began firing at each other.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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But patience can sometimes be a death knell in the playoffs, and Game 4 showed how a lack of it can be a virtue.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Youssef joked on The View after the hosts showed him a video of Fox News slamming his appearance on the kids show.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2026
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Buses of fans turned up, and paparazzi swarmed and in one case kept jumping in front of the camera and the shot and got in a kerfuffle with crew.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dennis got in touch with Firstenberg and, during the pandemic, tracked down a 35-millimeter copy of the film in South Africa.—
Stephen Silver,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Turned up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20up. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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