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catch up

[kach-uhp] / ˈkætʃˌʌp /








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She is among residents who gather here once a week to catch up on the gossip over tea and toast.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Grok Falters: Elon Musk’s AI model, Grok, lags far behind its fast-growing competitors—and an agreement by parent company SpaceX to rent massive computing power to Anthropic raises questions about whether it can still catch up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Investors have been betting that small caps can finally catch up after years of lagging behind megacap technology stocks, helped by improving earnings, cheaper valuations and broader interest in artificial-intelligence-related infrastructure.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

“In June, I’d like to do a bunch of reading, watch some things and catch up on all the thinking that I haven’t done in the past two years.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

I race to catch up with him and we fall into a jog together.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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