up until

idiom

: during the time or period before
Up until now, everything has gone very well.

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Similarly, miners helped revive the use of antimony, which had been used to make yellow glass and pottery glazes in ancient Egypt and in parts of Europe up until the fourth century. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024 But up until now, the ability to select a specific barrel of whiskey to bottle has not been available to consumers, only businesses. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024 White Christmases are not usual in Louisville, although there have been some recorded in history, according to data released by the National Weather Service which has numbers up until 2021. Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024 However, up until now, the details of what this would entail had not been confirmed. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for up until 

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“Up until.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20until. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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