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as in to lift
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
local restaurants jacked up their prices for the summer tourist season
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jack (up)
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No matter how many times he’s hoisted the NCAA Tournament trophy, the feeling of seeing a team experience that ultimate triumph for the first time will never get old.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
20 Mar. 2025 -
But minutes after hoisting the Class 3A second-play trophy Saturday night at the State Farm Center in Champaign, the Mikrut brothers started thinking about doing the same in volleyball.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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Evacuation orders were lifted Sunday, allowing residents to return to their homes.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Think about it this way, a rising tide lifts all boats.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The League Cup represented the opportunity to heave the biggest monkey in English soccer off the back of an endlessly sleeping giant.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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But as players had to heave sandbags, move through an obstacle course, toss balls and complete a puzzle, the Vula tribe (with no original Vula members on it) were once again the last team to finish.—
Emily DeLetter,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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But because solar, wind and hydropower production rates can vary with weather and other factors, nuclear energy is particularly appealing to ever thirsty AI technology companies, raising fears of nuclear waste contamination.—
The Editors,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
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Children dance with pride in native regalia at the cruise port and some community members who had left are returning to open new businesses and raise families.—
Elaine Glusac,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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There is a belief he could be elevated into Emery’s squad before long, having made his senior debut off the bench in September’s Carabao Cup game away to Wycombe Wanderers of League One and joined the first team on that recent Dubai training trip.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, which was elevated into a separate agency under the Biden administration to oversee tasks like the pandemic stockpile, will be abosrbed into the CDC.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Jack (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jack%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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