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upward

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adverb

variants or upwards
as in skyward

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Recent Examples of upward
Adjective
While Louisiana is seeing an early surge in influenza, the rest of the country is on an upward trend in what appears to be a normal-looking season so far. Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024 Since then, the Cardinals have been on a steady upward trend. Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Adverb
Levels have begun to tick upward but are still well below those of past Decembers. Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024 The inscription was placed face upward and the stone was exposed to heavy foot traffic. Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for upward 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upward
Adjective
  • The upper level houses the Primary Suite, Junior Suite and a stunning office, while the lower level offers a media room, sauna, gym and wine room.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • After the bill made its way to the upper chamber, Paul proposed an amendment that would've gradually raised the Social Security retirement age to 70 to offset the cost of the Social Security Fairness Act.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • The incoming president is likely to lighten regulatory scrutiny of cryptocurrency — sending Bitcoin price skyward.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • At the stroke of midnight, look skyward to watch the ball drop, followed by confetti and a fireworks display over the rooftops of downtown.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The hip, which is a ball-and-socket joint at the upper thigh bone, is most likely to be fractured at its uppermost portion, known as the femoral neck.
    Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Winter has arrived on the uppermost part of the Mississippi River.
    Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
Adverb
  • And just like during the 2008 Great Recession, Walmart saw households with incomes of $100,000 or above making up more of its clientele.
    Anne D’Innocenzio and Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Temperatures are predicted to drop to just above freezing at 33 degrees overnight into Thursday.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Finally, the topmost aim is to allow the use of a separate video as the input source, possibly accompanied by text and images, all of which the generative AI utilizes to produce a suitable video.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • And both films might have a shot at winning Academy Awards — a rare prospect for a country that produces more than 1,000 movies a year but has found the topmost industry honors hard to come by.
    Anupreeta Das, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • But an overhead catenary costs that much for a quarter mile [0.4 kilometer] of the track.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Enterprises are increasingly faced with a trend of cloud providers passing along their soaring overhead costs.
    Chris McHenry, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024

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“Upward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upward. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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