Thesaurus results for WARM-UP

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Definition of warm (up)

as in to provide

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a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event the couple's initial exchange of insults proved to be only a warm-up for their booze-fueled fight later that night

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For attendees, the plunge or sauna session isn’t a warm-up to the real plan. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 As part of the agreement, the Brooks logo will feature prominently on the front of all training, travel, walkout and warm-up apparel worn by Crystal Palace’s men’s and women’s first-teams. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Last season, while in charge at Burnley, Scott Parker also played music during warm-ups and ball-work phases of sessions — and, like the Italian, his staff paused the tunes for tactical sessions. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 An hour before curtain at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, acrobats tumble, juggle and test a towering Chinese pole, turning warm-ups for ‘Water for Elephants’ into a mini-circus. — Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warm (up)

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Verb

The bill would provide $700 million toward microgrid development.

— Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026
Wind speeds generally increase with altitude, while higher elevations can also provide more consistent wind conditions.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of provide

Noun

The beginning of Between Worlds functions as a kind of prelude, offering a straightforward primer on Said.

— Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
People may be wondering if the nor’easter flooding is a prelude for what to expect as a strong El Niño continues to build this winter and as sea level rises in the future.

— Brian Tang, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of prelude

Verb

Some companies supplying the AI boom are already making money, Hayes said, pointing to memory chipmakers and Nvidia.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Bathrooms have marble floors and walls of an almost pure-white Dolomite stone, with rain showers and separate tubs supplied with Natura Bissé products in rosemary and white tea scents.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of supply

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This year’s Miss World competition recently made headlines during the preliminaries when Ugandan delegate Elle Muhoza made a powerful fashion statement.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
But all of that was just the preliminaries for Grady Emerson.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026

Definition of preliminary

Verb

But beyond furnishing her home or launching future business plans, Anderson says taking on such a massive life project has held deeper meaning.

— Jennifer Liu Valentina Duarte, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Another small desk option for furnishing even the tiniest of studio apartments, with cute vintage-looking rounded knobs.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of furnish

Verb

If a degree needs to equip students for life outside of college, then a big part of that is understanding what employers are looking for.

— Reynald Fasciaux, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Some of the amenities include a yoga room with classes available to guests throughout the week (except Sundays), a 24-hour gym, and a spa equipped with a sauna, cold plunge, and hydrothermal circuit.

— Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of equip

Verb

After spending 13 years at Lucasfilm working on Star Wars, Walters helped grow Xbox’s consumer products arm into a mult-billion-dollar business with more than 250 licenses.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Ahmed doesn’t merely document the decisions that led President Biden and his aides to arm and rationalize what leading human rights organizations and legal scholars now consider a genocide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

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