save up
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The company said the new plans allow patients to save up to $600 a year on the pill and up to $1,200 a year on the injection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
St Louis said he was now looking for a job to save up and buy his own decks, with a goal of bringing out his own recording.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
The system presumes consent to donate organs for all adults unless they explictly remove themselves from the list, with Theresa May's government estimating in 2018 that it could save up to 700 lives each year.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
Stephen Parker, the executive director of the National Independent Venue Association, said that if speculative tickets are banned in California, venues could save up to $50,000 in staffing expenses.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Even if I were able to make seven dollars an hour, it’d take me forever to save up, and by then, this piano would probably be gone.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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