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
Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the United States added 3.3 million immigrants last year and will add another 3.3 million in 2024, up sharply from the 900,000 that was typical in the years leading up to the pandemic.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Here is everything Simpson said about cancer leading up to his death.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Detectives were looking for witnesses and spoke with people who were at the home when officers arrived to determine the circumstances that led up to the fatal shooting.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
Records from the weeks leading up to the day Méndez executed the agreement show a steady stream of text communications between the city attorney and lobbyist Melissa Tapanes, who represented developer Michael Stern.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
This is the second of 11 positional breakdowns leading up to the NFL Draft (April 25-27).
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
While eclipse tourists tended to stagger their arrivals during the weekend leading up to the event, many departed roughly at the same time after the eclipse ended on Monday afternoon, clogging highways and local roads.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
Cloudy weather nearly ruined Hillsboro’s day in the dark
In the days leading up to the eclipse, the National Weather Service was tracking cloudy skies for Central and North Texas.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 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
Prosecutors are arguing that even if Fisher were to invalidate the law for himself and others, it could still be applied to Trump because of the other things that Trump is accused of doing leading up to, and on January 6th.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the United States added 3.3 million immigrants last year and will add another 3.3 million in 2024, up sharply from the 900,000 that was typical in the years leading up to the pandemic.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Here is everything Simpson said about cancer leading up to his death.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Detectives were looking for witnesses and spoke with people who were at the home when officers arrived to determine the circumstances that led up to the fatal shooting.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
Records from the weeks leading up to the day Méndez executed the agreement show a steady stream of text communications between the city attorney and lobbyist Melissa Tapanes, who represented developer Michael Stern.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
This is the second of 11 positional breakdowns leading up to the NFL Draft (April 25-27).
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
While eclipse tourists tended to stagger their arrivals during the weekend leading up to the event, many departed roughly at the same time after the eclipse ended on Monday afternoon, clogging highways and local roads.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
Cloudy weather nearly ruined Hillsboro’s day in the dark
In the days leading up to the eclipse, the National Weather Service was tracking cloudy skies for Central and North Texas.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024
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: to make a gradual approach to a topic
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