up until

phrase

: during the time or period before
Up until now, everything has gone very well.

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But up until now, the serial entrepreneur and YouTube star’s work has been based largely on impersonal ideas. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 His persecution has continued up until now; last month, the administration accused the Smithsonian of discrimination and threatened to cut federal grants. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 That, granted, was a brief if treacherous gut check, giving way to a re-expansion of valuations and a march to new highs through 2019 right up until Covid struck. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Things won't firm up until NASA and SpaceX determine that weather conditions in the splashdown zone are good enough to greenlight undocking and return to Earth. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for up until

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“Up until.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20until. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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