as in to develop
to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort
spent years working up a period novel that was historically accurate in every detail
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The artist continued to work up until the very end, presenting new paintings as recently as this past spring at Los Angeles’s Night Gallery.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Apply it after your cleanser every- other day at first, working up to twice a day as your skin gets used to it.
—Sarah Felbin, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024
In the table tennis room, fans whir while pairs of players in their 70s and 80s dart at the ball, exclaiming in Cantonese while working up a sweat.
—Ashley Milne-Tyte, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2024
Really good : Roma Heirloom Tomato Dish Soap This dish soap is thick and concentrated, working up a nice lather and packing that signature smell.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 18 Sep. 2024
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Apply it after your cleanser every- other day at first, working up to twice a day as your skin gets used to it.
—Sarah Felbin, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024
In the table tennis room, fans whir while pairs of players in their 70s and 80s dart at the ball, exclaiming in Cantonese while working up a sweat.
—Ashley Milne-Tyte, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2024
Really good : Roma Heirloom Tomato Dish Soap This dish soap is thick and concentrated, working up a nice lather and packing that signature smell.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 18 Sep. 2024
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Users can see a developing fire on the map, represented by a glowing yellow dot well before its perimeter is reported to the NIFC.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The team developed a set of robotic duck feet that replicated the natural swimming motion of a mallard on the water.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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In the world of social impact, where corporate responsibility intersects with purposeful leadership, Jeremy Brown has forged a unique path.Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Between the lines: PBM reform has forged some unusual coalitions in Congress.Peter Sullivan, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Their dedication brings Saratoga’s rich history and vibrant landscape to life, creating a place where everyone can feel connected and inspired.Yan Zhao, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Colorado’s 8th District, the state’s newest congressional district, was created during the 2021 redistricting process and designed to be an evenly split swing district.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The group worked out a new set of rules for curves that can accommodate certain toy fermions.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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But in the show’s final episode, Agatha returns as a ghost to tell Billy that things worked out very differently in this instance because of his desire for the Witches’ Road to be real.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 1 Nov. 2024
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