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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)
Verb
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After first hoisting her New York City apartment on the market in early March for just under $8 million, Ellie Kemper has now lowered the price of her Manhattan digs on Central Park West.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2025 -
The shot tuna were then hoisted onto a support vessel, ready to be frozen at minus 90 degrees Fahrenheit and start their long journey to foreign markets.—
Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
3 Apr. 2025
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Each carriage turns 360 degrees while lifting riders to 6 feet in the air.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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When Medina instead lifts his right arm, which held the replica gun, officers open fire, striking Medina multiple times.—
Max Levy,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2025
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What’s to love about heaving a 12-pound ball of iron?—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2025
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Yet, far from being overshadowed by the star’s appearance, Owens enjoyed plenty of additional attention for his new designs — in particular, a pair of knee-high boots heaving with a plume of feathery leather strips.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Tribune sent a list of questions to the offices of Evans and Dart about the implementation of the change, cost and budget issues and public safety and other concerns raised by community and criminal justice stakeholders.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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Researchers and business executives not occupied with raising billions of dollars have started to provide empirical indicators of the organizational implications of AI, similar to what was captured by the IT moment of 1958.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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The Bottom Line Strong building materials elevate too-familiar design.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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By building a social and political movement that gave him coercive power over the GOP, he’s been able to punish heretics and elevate loyalists committed to advancing his agenda and interests.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
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 10 Apr. 2025.
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