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Everyone looked skyward as the jets passed by.
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On my first fire call, the wind picked up, and the flames licked skyward and singed my eyebrows down to almost nothing.
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Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
The rule is in place to remove any potential interference with the Green Bank Observatory’s seven telescopes pointed skyward.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Fantastic creatures The elusive creature pointed its long snout skyward, pausing a moment after eating some mealworms.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
Still, the cost is low compared with historical home prices that saw fast growth after the Great Recession then lurched further skyward during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2025
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Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
The rule is in place to remove any potential interference with the Green Bank Observatory’s seven telescopes pointed skyward.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
Fantastic creatures The elusive creature pointed its long snout skyward, pausing a moment after eating some mealworms.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
Still, the cost is low compared with historical home prices that saw fast growth after the Great Recession then lurched further skyward during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyward. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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skyward
adverb
sky·ward
ˈskī-wərd 
1
: toward the sky
gaze skyward
2
: to a higher level
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