play up to
Example Sentences
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Leading Premier League clubs also compete for as many as four different trophies every season, meaning the best players are asked to play up to 60 games in a single campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Whereas Cheap Trick used to play up to 250 shows a year in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the band now averages about 75.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Coach JJ Redick set the play up to miss it to the right side because that was supposed to be the side with just one defender.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
This season there is a record seven international games across five countries and under the NFL's current Collective Bargaining Agreement, the league can play up to 10 per year.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
George would use psychology on him; he’d play up to the vendor’s education.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
