up till

idiom

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

Examples of up till in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web From tribal members being considered wards of the U.S. and thus incompetent to vote, to contriving how to prevent polling places being put on tribal lands and the English literacy tests that persisted up till the 1970s, Native people in Arizona have had to fight for their right to vote. Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024 On July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court gave Murphy and everyone else who may be concerned about a second Trump presidency reason to worry, not only about a potential Trump decision to launch America’s nukes, but also about so many other uses of the military that up till now have been unfathomable. Andrew Turley, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024 As described in the story, Kaho has lived a sort of charmed life up till now. Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024 Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) Long before Drive (though just after Easy Rider), moviegoers were delivered director Monte Hellman’s (known up till then for his mid-’60s collaborations with a young Jack Nicholson) moody need-for-speed saga Two-Lane Blacktop. Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for up till 

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“Up till.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20till. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

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