sent up; sending up; sends up
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Examples of send-up in a Sentence
Noun
a singer-comedian who specializes in send-ups of pop hits
Verb
the sitcom sends up the “trials and tribulations” of the rich and famous
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Will Harris, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2024
That’s a good thing, according to the actor, who seems to have had her eyes wide open when agreeing to lead a send-up of Big Tech for a company like Apple.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
An empty Russian capsule was sent up to bring them back last September.
—Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
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Noun
These people are all idiots, which is what makes this send-up of surveillance state paranoia so brilliant.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2024
That’s a good thing, according to the actor, who seems to have had her eyes wide open when agreeing to lead a send-up of Big Tech for a company like Apple.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
Verb
Atlanta’s two newspapers hustled to become the first to broadcast radio programs, and about a month before The Times went on the air with KHJ, the Atlanta Journal sent up a radio transmission on WSB.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
An empty Russian capsule was sent up to bring them back last September.
—Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Send-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send-up. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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