: a lessening of effort, activity, or intensity
let up; letting up; lets up
2
: to become less severe
—used with on
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Examples of letup in a Sentence
Noun
the downpour continued for hours without letup
Verb
the rain let up just as we reached the house
the windmill slowed down as the wind let up
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Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 2 Nov. 2024
As the months passed with little letup in the bombardment, the Gaza death toll grew exponentially.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Recent studies suggest the amount of plastics entering oceans isn’t letting up and may be increasing at a rate of 4% per year.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The Monarchs, who are ranked No. 1 in the state, had already secured a spot in the finals, but there was no letup in their sweep of the Oilers, 25-15, 25-16, 25-16.
—Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 2 Nov. 2024
As the months passed with little letup in the bombardment, the Gaza death toll grew exponentially.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Verb
This shows no signs of letting up, considering Meta’s significant capex investments in AI compute, and with its next version of Llama currently in training.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Recent studies suggest the amount of plastics entering oceans isn’t letting up and may be increasing at a rate of 4% per year.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Letup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letup. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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