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up to

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eligible adj.
meanwhile adv.
to prep.
to prep.
until prep.
unto prep.

ADJECTIVE

eligible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable likely qualified suitable

WEAK

appropriate becoming capable of desirable discretionary elective employable equal to fitted in line for in the running licensed preferable privileged proper satisfactory seemly suited trained usable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unacceptable

WEAK

improper inappropriate ineligible unfit unsuitable unsuited unworthy

ADVERB

meanwhile

Synonyms

STRONG

meantime till

WEAK

ad interim concurrently during the interval for now for the duration for the moment for the time being for then in the interim in the interval in the intervening time in the meantime simultaneously until when

PREPOSITION

Synonyms

WEAK

as far as down to to this extent

PREPOSITION

Synonyms

WEAK

extending to stopping at till

PREPOSITION

until

Synonyms

WEAK

as far as before before the coming continuously down to in advance of in expectation prior to till to up till

PREPOSITION

unto

Synonyms

WEAK

against beside next to till toward until

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The figures - up to 2024-25 - peaked during Covid, before dropping slightly and plateauing.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

This has pushed government bond yields up to levels not seen for decades.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

“His parents didn’t even show up to find him. He was sitting here two hours by himself.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The most extreme Nasdaq-over-Dow divergence occurred in the days leading up to the top of the dot-com bubble, and we all know what happened next.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

“The water’s up to my ankles! Paddle! Paddle! Darn it, Lexie, paddle!”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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