How to Use upscale in a Sentence
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The pro shop back then was an upscale trailer.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
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Azure serves upscale seafood at dinner.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026
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Pair it with slacks for a work trip, or style it with a dress for an upscale dinner.
—Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
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An upscale cocktail bar in the heart of the city center.
—Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
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But this time, Razer went way upscale.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
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In the years since, the market for upscale pantry items seems only to have grown.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
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Use these simple ideas for a more upscale, cozy retreat.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
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This upscale and oddly tasty dish is available in the suites and club level.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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The upscale restaurant opened at the Quarter less than two years ago.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
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The original food court was replaced by a more upscale food hall.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
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The building was in an upscale neighborhood, across the street from a park.
—Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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Three new upscale restaurants are also opening soon at the mall.
—Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
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While the seats are upscale sturdy, ingress and egress are difficult.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
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Craving something a bit more upscale?
—Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
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The movie doesn’t pass judgment, per se, on the state of today’s upscale bat mitzvahs.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
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The county is filled with airy upscale restaurants and boutiques.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
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Both are upscale, romantic and dressy.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
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The glasses, meanwhile, will be more upscale and feature-rich.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
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The Laurel Bar is an upscale spot for craft cocktails and quick bites.
—Taryn White, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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This model feels like an upscale item from how solidly the pieces nest together.
—Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
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Would an upscale bakery make the Seventh Ward less of a food desert?
—Jeanie Riess, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
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Set in Aliso Canyon, this upscale hideaway is hard to leave.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2026
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Set in Aliso Canyon, this upscale hideaway is hard to leave.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
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Others are doing equipment deals or even building upscale clubs of their own.
—Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 9 May 2026
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The see-and-be-seen neighborhood is a hub of upscale dining and shopping.
—Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
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The upscale neighborhood is sought after with its stucco homes and acre plots.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
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These trendy Bootcut Jeans are a stylish and upscale start to any spring outfit.
—Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
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This one-piece in the trendy shade is versatile enough to wear to an upscale dinner or to just walk around a beach town.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
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The film uses murder as a fantasy lever of upscale dreams.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
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Alibi, which opened late last year, is a coffee shop by day and a modern, upscale bar by night.
—Sarah Gilliland, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
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This isn’t the first video upscaling feature to arrive for Edge users.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2023
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These are truly hands-on one-offs, aimed at upskilling and upscaling in equal measure.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2026
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Want to upscale a low-res image or remove the background from a product photo?
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
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The scientists are exploring ways to upscale the filter for use in rivers.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
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And trying to upscale an already blurry, noisy photo is just going to result in sadness.
—Allison Johnson, The Verge, 18 Dec. 2024
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The output is 720p, but it’s being upscaled from something lower.
—Craig Grannell, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
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Those who take the courses are looking to upscale their jobs, prepare for promotions or even train for a new career, Feest said.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2025
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The company has been in the imaging software business for over two decades now, with beloved apps for editing and upscaling photos and videos.
—New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2025
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However, there hasn't been much movement on an official full series upscaling project.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2023
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With older apps and watch faces available through the Pebble app, the brand has found a way to upscale the existing software to the size of the screens for its newer hardware.
—PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
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Once the efficacy of those ideas is proven by a startup, capital is needed to upscale in order to realize that potential.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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Similarly, the caliber of Thundercat’s guest list feels upscaled.
—Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
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To start, YouTube will be upscaling lower-quality videos to 1080p.
—ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2025
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These features will be combined into a single platform accessible to creators looking to upscale their content.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 30 Mar. 2022
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The two countries are also planning field exercises next month that will be upscaled from those of previous years, Seoul’s defense ministry said.
—Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2023
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The company is in the process of signing a new architectural firm that will be tasked with unifying and upscaling the brand’s interior concepts.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 30 Sep. 2024
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Sony also improved the spatial audio tech thanks to a new algorithm for upscaling stereo audio to Sony 360 spatial sound.
—PC Magazine, 21 May 2025
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Unrivaled Sports sees the addition of the ranch, its largest property by area, as key to riding the wave of upscaling the experience of youth sports travel.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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The new upscaling features should be more broadly useful, even for the lower-end GPUs in Apple's products.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
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This should provide enough oomph (with upscaling tech) to play moderately demanding PC games on your TV.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026
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Diana’s hair, for instance, can sometimes get noticeably blurry, likely a byproduct of AI upscaling.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
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AiPQ engine will be able to upscale 4K content to higher clarity and sharpness on the new 6-Series.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 11 Jan. 2021
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Topaz Labs – Topaz Labs’ tools are widely regarded as best-in-class for upscaling, sharpening, and restoring visual content.
—Paul Ratner, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
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Revenues were driven by a strong gross margin and full-price sales, as the Spanish fast-fashion giant looks to upscale its brands and limit discounting – a strategy that has been paying off.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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The company has been working to upscale these brands with tighter design direction, premium materials and bigger marketing spends.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Once activated, the feature can upscale the video on the Edge browser, including from YouTube and other streaming services.
—PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2023
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Zara has moved to upscale its offering and marketing to compete as a fashion player, and Lefties appeals to a price-sensitive customer – a plus as consumers rein in their spending.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 11 June 2025
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That includes the ability to zoom in on a specific portion of up to two input signals and then upscale the result to a full-screen output on another monitor or TV.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 8 May 2022
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The program creates pipelines for student over age 50 who are looking for job training and lifelong learning opportunities, or want to upscale or rescale their job skills to remain in the workforce.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 23 July 2025
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The city's seafood culture revolves around fresh local fish, particularly ahi tuna, which appears everywhere from neighborhood poke counters to upscale oceanfront restaurants.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026
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