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runup

Noun

Meaning

a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time

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a runup in interest rates Source: Internet

market runups are followed by corrections Source: Internet

When dissecting how experts missed seeing the results of the 2016 election coming, confirmation bias as a reason "why many election-watchers got it wrong: in the runup to the election, they saw only what they expected, or wanted, to see." Source: Internet

In the runup to the We’ll Meet Again speech, her finest hour according to Morton, courtiers knew it was a question of “when, not if” the Queen would address the nation. Source: Internet

Trump allies’ accusations of drug use and earpieces in the runup to Tuesday’s debate have proven to be part of a series of endless distractions — Biden won’t even debate! Source: Internet

When news broke about Facebook collaborating with data mining companies during the runup to the 2016 presidential election, it may have broken the damn. Source: Internet

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