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Recent Examples of upside
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
Nonetheless, the taxpayers of Denver are being asked to put their money at risk with no reward for any upside.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2025
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
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Noun
That decision may be one of the first indications whether Hollywood would be swayed by the latest encroachment on LGBTQ rights in the country or whether the financial upside of shooting in Hungary would prove too appealing.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2025
Nonetheless, the taxpayers of Denver are being asked to put their money at risk with no reward for any upside.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upside
Noun
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Brace yourselves: The S&P 500 might still have 10%-20% more downside left in the tank.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The downside is that none are cupholder compatible, and all come with the Magslider lid which isn’t ideal, especially when the leaking liquid is extremely hot coffee.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
Preposition
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There has to be an intentionality in how people speak upon and interact with New Orleans, regard its traditions as sacred and position its voices as experts.—
Cierra Chenier,
Essence,
15 Apr. 2025
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Number one is what the project was already calling upon, but was very, very appropriate for this because there’s just so much to explore.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yamamoto snapped off a flurry of big-bending curves, generating four whiffs on 11 swings.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which is used to describe the gravity of black holes, uses a single field equation to explain how space curves and matter moves.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
Preposition
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More than a decade on, the So Kates have become such a fixture in Zendaya’s wardrobe that even her employers, Louis Vuitton and Valentino, have been taught to expect no less.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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My hair, apparently, was on its own wellness journey.—
Liz Krieger,
Allure,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For most companies, making such a shift would require committing hundreds of millions, or even billions, of dollars to building and expanding U.S. factories, economists say.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Granting the military authority to engage in activities such as searches, seizures and detentions represents a significant shift.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
Preposition
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Rubio cited no specific evidence against Khalil, a 30-year-old legal permanent resident whose American citizen wife is in the late stages of pregnancy.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 2%, Shanghai's Composite Index rose 0.6% and Shenzen's Component Index rose 1.2%, with investors buoyed by Beijing's announcement of stimulus measures to bolster the economy against the escalating American tariffs.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Orioles prospect Jud Fabian's strikeout rate has fallen 13 percentage points and his walk rate has doubled as a result of a swing change.—
Jacob Calvin Meyer,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
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Even so, the size of the positive swing last season leaves them sitting pretty from a Premier League PSR position.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Those cane toads would in turn eventually produce their own Peter Pan hatchlings, allowing researchers to repeat the cycle.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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Lavi is best known for her turn as Eve in Netflix’s fantasy series Lucifer, starring opposite Tom Ellis, D.B. Woodside, and Lesley-Ann Brandt.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Upside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upside. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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