led up; leading up; leads up
Examples of lead-up in a Sentence
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Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
The investigation will reportedly focus on the lead-up to the ship’s departure from the Port of Baltimore and whether the crew knew there were any problems with the ship’s systems before the crash.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
With a book by Lynn Nottage, the show focuses on the lead-up to that record-smashing tour, but still enfolds a heck of a playlist.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024
Garland never explicates the real-life lead-up to civil destruction: corrupt pols who betray their constituents, the moral bankruptcy of society, the degradation of popular culture, and the temerity of rich journalists dedicated to whatever political power endows their privilege.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Apr. 2024
This also comes as Brazil has continued working to understand and investigate the lead-up to January 8, 2023, when election-denying insurrectionists who refused to accept right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro’s defeat stormed Brazil’s legislature.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2024
The new dad teased that viewers may see the lead-up to the birth of his son, Theodore in season 3.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
The lead-up to a court-martial, and all related pretrial records, are never made public by the Navy.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2024
Charli is keeping her energy high in the lead-up to the summer release with two new singles and the complete Brat tracklist.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Pitbull presale information for Phoenix There are a number of presales in the days leading up to the general on-sale.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
Advertisement Everything leading up to this moment in Trump’s wild, unprecedented domination of U.S. politics and news was made possible by his appearing on screen, no matter the medium.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
In the final weeks leading up to the stadium sales tax vote, the teams cast White as a villain.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
Bitcoin’s price experienced weeks of volatility leading up to the event.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
However, only 28,000 refugee visas were approved annually in the decade leading up to the pandemic.
—Benjamin Powell, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2024
Amir Levy / Getty Images The United States has claimed it was not involved with the Israeli attack on Iran, and U.S. officials publicly encouraged restraint in the days leading up to it.
—Joy Burton, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
In the days leading up to The Tortured Poets Department’s release, Ekas and her students fell down rabbit hole after rabbit hole of theories and speculation about the new album.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
Noun
The lead-up to release day has been littered with puzzles, Easter eggs and other hallmarks of Swift’s ever-theorizing fan base.
—Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024
The investigation will reportedly focus on the lead-up to the ship’s departure from the Port of Baltimore and whether the crew knew there were any problems with the ship’s systems before the crash.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
With a book by Lynn Nottage, the show focuses on the lead-up to that record-smashing tour, but still enfolds a heck of a playlist.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024
Garland never explicates the real-life lead-up to civil destruction: corrupt pols who betray their constituents, the moral bankruptcy of society, the degradation of popular culture, and the temerity of rich journalists dedicated to whatever political power endows their privilege.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Apr. 2024
This also comes as Brazil has continued working to understand and investigate the lead-up to January 8, 2023, when election-denying insurrectionists who refused to accept right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro’s defeat stormed Brazil’s legislature.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2024
The new dad teased that viewers may see the lead-up to the birth of his son, Theodore in season 3.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
The lead-up to a court-martial, and all related pretrial records, are never made public by the Navy.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2024
Charli is keeping her energy high in the lead-up to the summer release with two new singles and the complete Brat tracklist.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
Verb
In the days leading up to Rittenhouse's appearance at The University of Memphis in March, the school fielded a barrage of complaints from students, faculty, and community members.
—USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
Pitbull presale information for Phoenix There are a number of presales in the days leading up to the general on-sale.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
Advertisement Everything leading up to this moment in Trump’s wild, unprecedented domination of U.S. politics and news was made possible by his appearing on screen, no matter the medium.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
In the final weeks leading up to the stadium sales tax vote, the teams cast White as a villain.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024
Bitcoin’s price experienced weeks of volatility leading up to the event.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
However, only 28,000 refugee visas were approved annually in the decade leading up to the pandemic.
—Benjamin Powell, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2024
Amir Levy / Getty Images The United States has claimed it was not involved with the Israeli attack on Iran, and U.S. officials publicly encouraged restraint in the days leading up to it.
—Joy Burton, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
In the days leading up to The Tortured Poets Department’s release, Ekas and her students fell down rabbit hole after rabbit hole of theories and speculation about the new album.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
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lead up
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: to make a gradual approach to a topic
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