keeping up (with)

verb

Definition of keeping up (with)next
present participle of keep up (with)
as in filling in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeping up (with)
  1. informing
  2. notifying
  3. instructing
  4. telling
Verb
  • Southeastern supermarket chain Publix separately shared a notice informing customs that recalled MadeGood Mixed Berry, Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Drizzle Birthday Cake granola bar varieties were sold at Publix and Publix GreenWise Market stores.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Public Citizen says Oz has violated the FTC's endorsement disclosure and influencer marketing guidelines by not informing his millions of online followers about his financial ties to iHerb while frequently posting about the company.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of informing
Verb
  • Smart watches can be useful in notifying emergency medical services if the person should be alone and become incapacitated after a fall or brain bleed.
    Mill Etienne, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The subpoenas were issued to third-party service providers, and included gag orders preventing them from notifying the congressional officials that their records had been subpoenaed.
    Ryan Lucas, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of notifying
Verb
  • They are suspected of instructing police officers to block lawmakers at the National Assembly who were there to reverse the martial law decree.
    Joohee Cho, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • On March 22 a local Philadelphia newspaper printed a notice from Secretary of War James McHenry instructing the Pennsylvania militia to assemble.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of instructing
Verb
  • In addition, the user might have stated that physics is altered, maybe telling the AI to pretend that the action is occurring on the Moon or Mars.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Some experts fear that climate change will make extreme weather patterns worse, with a series of researchers and scientists telling Newsweek their grim predictions.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of telling
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