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upmarket

adjective

up·​mar·​ket ˈəp-ˈmär-kət How to pronounce upmarket (audio)
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upmarket adverb

Examples of upmarket in a Sentence

an upmarket restaurant that is quite pricey but also quite good
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Oke was later pursued by Nigeria’s financial crimes investigations agency in connection with more than $43 million in cash discovered in a flat in the upmarket Ikoyi neighborhood in Lagos, leading to money laundering charges against him and his wife. Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 28 Nov. 2025 Larry Fraser, 49, was sentenced to 13 months in prison on Friday for stealing the 2004 print – worth £270,000 (about $355,000) – from the Grove Gallery in the British capital’s upmarket neighborhood of Fitzrovia last September, according to London’s Metropolitan Police. Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025 Powell recommended footwear brands find more ways to monetize their partnerships, perhaps by bringing a color or material element from the upmarket product into the core collection. Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025 Frontier and Spirit have started offering more bundles that include seats and baggage as well as more upmarket offerings like seats with more personal space. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for upmarket

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of upmarket was in 1972

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“Upmarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upmarket. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.

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