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Recent Examples of upward
Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
Worker victories in unlikely places Despite Trump self-promoting as a man of the people, his policies hurt workers in numerous ways – from his attack on workers’ rights to his regressive tax policies, which accelerated the upward redistribution of wealth.
—Kevin A. Young, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025
Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
Here, wood base cabinets ground the space, while white vertical cabinets draw the eye upward, making the kitchen appear larger.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The group, hailing from Source Music, a subsidiary of K-Pop giant Hybe, debuted nearly three years ago in May 2022 and have been on an upward trajectory since.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025
Worker victories in unlikely places Despite Trump self-promoting as a man of the people, his policies hurt workers in numerous ways – from his attack on workers’ rights to his regressive tax policies, which accelerated the upward redistribution of wealth.
—Kevin A. Young, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2025
Adverb
Federal employment in the Kansas City metropolitan statistical area – a region that stretches north to Caldwell County, Missouri, and south to Linn County, Kansas – has trended upward over the past decade.
—Jonathan Shorman and, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
Here, wood base cabinets ground the space, while white vertical cabinets draw the eye upward, making the kitchen appear larger.
—Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upward
Adjective
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In the 80 years since the war, German industry developed a handful of small sounding rockets, and manufactured upper stages for Ariane rockets.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
23 Mar. 2025
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The source also claims that the comedian once grabbed her upper thigh while the two were in a hotel elevator during a work trip.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
23 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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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.—
Graydon Carter,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The lower half of the uppermost region includes Lady Gaga, Pink, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus (whose roundup of successes also includes her work as Hannah Montana), and Alicia Keys.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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How Responsible Travel Changes Lives Even in the uppermost rungs of luxury travel, A&K has long held a cachet.—
Rona Berg,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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This is done at the point of action by channeling with the three layers above.—
Benjamin Voyer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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After watching the video above, read on for more about my time with this laptop, and the specs for the rest of the lineup.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PCMAG,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Just five months earlier, Gaber, an animal chiropractor, had run her hands along Bear’s fur, adjusting the animal’s atlas vertebrae, the topmost vertebrae in the cervical spine.—
Rick Jervis,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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The evaluations usually include scoring the AI responses for correctness (topmost priority) and possibly also scoring for quality and reasoning.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
8 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2025
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Administration officials have defended capping NIH funding for universities' overhead costs, saying billions of funds could be reallocated to direct project costs.—
Tina Reed,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Upward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upward. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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