kept up (with)

verb

past tense of keep up (with)
as in communicated (with)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept up (with)
  1. filled in
  2. informed
  3. instructed
  4. notified
  5. enlightened
  6. apprised
  7. reached
  8. told
Verb
  • The sign at the front of the stadium remained a little underwhelming, with the word Lumen blacked out but no replacement filled in.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Scotland's Tartan Army supporters were out in mass, creating a wave of red inside a filled in Gillette Stadium, located about 30 miles outside Boston.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Definition of filled in
Verb
  • At the end of May, the Minnesota Department of Human Services informed 3,411 — 62% of the providers screened — that they were disenrolled and could not bill Medicaid.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Containment actions should be proportional, reversible where possible and informed by multiple signals rather than a single brittle heuristic.
    — Abhik Biswas, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • Reuters in April reported that Ghana’s Minerals Commission had instructed international miners, including AngloGold Ashanti, Newmont, and Zijin Mining to transition mining operations to local contractors by December 2026 or face sanctions.
    — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
  • The couple then called the Sacramento SPCA, who instructed them to post a picture of the mushroom on an emergency mushroom and plant identification Facebook group of mycologists.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of instructed
Verb
  • Corrections officials began their search and notified local law enforcement, according to a news release.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • After the next of kin has been notified, the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the identity of the woman who died.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
Definition of notified
Verb
  • So, please, consider this column a mere public service announcement for those of you living in or are soon to visit the less-than-enlightened corners of the country where that’s not the case.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
  • Ambiguity clouds the conversation and risks leaving your protégé more confused than enlightened.
    — Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of enlightened
Verb
  • My editor has asked me to keep her apprised of my heart rate.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • Jolley stressed the importance of keeping the Health and Human Services appropriations staff apprised of the agency's finances.
    — Jillian Taylor, StateImpact, 30 June 2026
Definition of apprised
Verb
  • Historic heat Since Thursday, heat in the East has broken at least three dozen daily high temperature records, many warmest-low-temperature records as heat reached levels that some cities haven’t experienced in more than a decade.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Just as Argentina was set to take on Cape Verde, FIFA’s Fan Fest at Bayfront Park reached capacity.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
Definition of reached
Verb
  • As the fires spread, roughly 2,900 people — many roused from sleep — were told to evacuate or warned to prepare to flee.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • These types of moves for iconic American companies can highlight the power of the brand, Alexander Chernev, a marketing professor at Northwestern University, told CNN.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of told
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