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Recent Examples of upside
Noun
With his length and mobility, his defensive upside is high.—Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025 Continual Learning’s Achilles Heel The potential upsides of continual learning are enormous.—Rob Toews, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Preposition
Louisville City slapped the New England Revolution upside the head 2-1.—San Antonio Express-News, 6 June 2018 Then, astonishingly, in the open court, after a whistle blew, Heat guard Goran Dragic cuffed Simmons upside the head after Simmons stole the ball from him, and after Simmons already had been fouled by him.—Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, 24 Apr. 2018 See All Example Sentences for upside
But the only downside to the exciting breakthrough was that Ingles did not make it out on the court that day.
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Bailey Richards,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
The only potential downside to his inactivity in the Premier League, Henderson has been an ever-present for Palace to date and Turner’s last appearance in the competition was for Forest in January last year, is a potential lack of time facing key high-level-game scenarios.
Sigmon used his final words to call upon fellow Christians to help end the death penalty, according to media witnesses.
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Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
8 Mar. 2025
The cast had plenty of real-life inspiration to draw upon for its more romantic moments: Hudson is engaged to Danny Fujikawa; Brenda Song is planning a wedding with fellow actor Macaulay Culkin; and Justin Theroux proposed to his fiancé Nicole Brydon Bloom in 2024.
More and more companies are ahead of the curve on this type of reporting, disclosing non-financial data in their annual reports alongside their revenue and profit figures.
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David Morel,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Acevedo was impressed with Gilliland’s command of the curve.
For one, there’s often an initial intoxicating sense of familiarity that quickly devolves into chaos and drama, something akin to love-at-first-sight that suddenly shifts into leave-me-alone.
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Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
29 Mar. 2025
These shifts could prompt organizations to revisit their travel policies, particularly around work-life balance.
The Manhattan Federal Court case was brought by NBA legend Charles Oakley against the Madison Square Garden business empire over a dispute that ended with Oakley’s ejection from the Midtown arena during a 2017 Knicks game.
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Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
Rhodes further retorted with a crude remark about Cena's microphone skills versus his physical attributes, and cautioned him against exaggerating his positive impact on WWE upon his departure.
Cease threw 28 changeups all last season and got one miss on five swings.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
Recent tariff hikes and isolationist trade policies— not to mention erratic policy swings— threaten to further destabilize food access in already-vulnerable regions.
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