UP TILL Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

up till

preposition

Definition of up till

as in until

up to (a particular time) Up till now, the weather has been nearly perfect for our vacation.

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Recent Examples of up till About a half dozen of them became fugitives, and the FBI spent a number of years up till now still trying to catch them. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

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up to

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Earlier this year, the US government introduced new rules requiring citizens of dozens of countries, including Cape Verde, to post a bond of up to 15,000 dollars to enter the United States.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Conventional production involves heating limestone, clay and other materials to temperatures up to 2,552 degrees Fahrenheit (1,400 degrees Celsius).

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

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