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kept up (with)

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past tense of keep up (with)

as in communicated (with)

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In the longer term, the generic industry — which represents most prescriptions filled in the United States — will continue pushing for an overhaul of the patent system brand-name drugmakers use to maintain exclusivity over their products.

— Megan R. Wilson, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
Hossein Amini did another draft and Watkins filled in to direct.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

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Kelker-Kelly’s wife, Allison Kelly, informed authorities the actor complained of pain in his left arm and chest while on the drive home from Spirit Airport, People reported.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Those works and other similar ones in the Met’s collection exemplified a neoclassical New England style that informed her work, titled Vessel.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of informed

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Employees not involved in emergency response or shutdown operations were instructed to shelter as a precaution.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Prosecutor Louise Gray said Ali instructed a group of men to drive three vans to RAF Fairford, park the vehicles and walk away.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026

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Her death on Saturday was announced late this week after her next of kin were notified, police say.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
The Catapult Workers Collective said the company’s sale included the assets only and that the union was notified their employment would not be rolled over to the new buyer.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of notified

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To read the popular press of the time is not invariably to be impressed by the sober and enlightened attitude of that era’s journalists.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
There are probably people who believe this political football paints Republicans who promote Columbus Day as racists and Democrats who promote Indigenous Peoples' Day as enlightened.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of enlightened

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Shanahan balked at an Australian adventure when first apprised in February that the 49ers would be part of it.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy created and runs Sharktivity, a shark-sighting and resource app designed to keep beachgoers apprised of the sharks’ presence.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

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Instacart, meanwhile, reached the pinnacle of its success during the Covid-19 pandemic, when lockdowns sent millions of consumers to their phones to order up groceries.

— Rob Wile, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
The short sortie—which lasted about a mile and reached only about 70 feet in altitude—made the 320-foot-wide behemoth the largest airplane ever to take flight.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026

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Switzerland's foreign ministry told The Associated Press on Friday that the woman, married to a Swiss diplomat in Nigeria, had not visited Congo and was believed to have contracted Ebola while traveling to Uganda.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Scholten told Semafor that experience positions Turek to convert frustrated Republicans.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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