up until

phrase

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

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Qualifying members who exhaust their income protection will now be covered up until May 1, 2028, Gee said. — Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Wilson went through the inventory and weeded out 12 that were originally from Avon schoolhouses in various sizes from a kindergarten age up until eighth-grade range. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026 Chaco Canyon was the cultural and economic heart of a roughly 60,000-square-kilometer area that, up until the mid-1100s CE, was a much greener American Southwest. — ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 The contract marks a meaningful expansion for the glove technology that up until this point has been used primarily by local police departments and jails. — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 27 Aug. 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 1 Sep. 2026.

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