KEEPING UP (WITH) Synonyms: 25 Similar Words

keeping up (with)

verb

present participle of keep up (with)

as in filling in

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Kingston, a sixth-round pick of the 49ers in 2024, played well filling in for Saviianaea in the second half of the Bengals game.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
In addition to filling in Balaban’s gaps with a tedious litany of mathematical steps, the agents also made some genuine innovations.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of filling in

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While generative AI creates content, agentic AI can execute tasks and pursue objectives, moving AI from informing work to increasingly performing it.

— Jo Debecker, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense sources said SpaceX had unilaterally imposed the Starshield restrictions without informing them beforehand.

— Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of informing

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In this case, the suit alleges, the police jury illegally amended the agenda mid-meeting to avoid notifying the public of the action.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Within Calico, simple prompts let teams modify technical specs in seconds, instantly updating records and notifying relevant partners across the supply chain.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of notifying

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And even nontechnical employees have personal agents monitoring their email and calendars, sending to-do lists compiled from messages, and briefing them on the purpose of their upcoming meetings.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Araghchi was in the middle of briefing senior officials on these developments and the growing likelihood of conflict when the bombs started to fall.

— Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of briefing

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The doll was later displayed in the Warrens’ museum, with a warning on the case instructing visitors not to open it.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026
However, her sister allegedly found a note in the victim’s residence instructing her to call her credit card company and explain Blake was her granddaughter and that she was authorized to use her card.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

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