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Recent Examples of aloft
The halftime celebration of that Super Bowl 50 team was genuinely stirring, featuring former defensive coordinator Wade Phillips carrying the Lombardi Trophy aloft and former receiver Emmanuel Sanders delivering a heartfelt speech about Thomas.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Many jeered and whistled Israel’s national anthem, too, holding aloft more Palestinian flags and red cards.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The Green Mountain Boys encircled the hostages, muskets aloft.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Wall Street holds near record highs in a government-data blackout , with enough rotational energy toward left-behind groups, refreshed confidence in the AI spending frenzy, certainty of a Fed rate cut this month and speculative aggression in lower-quality longshots to keep the indexes aloft.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Many jeered and whistled Israel’s national anthem, too, holding aloft more Palestinian flags and red cards.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The Green Mountain Boys encircled the hostages, muskets aloft.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Wall Street holds near record highs in a government-data blackout , with enough rotational energy toward left-behind groups, refreshed confidence in the AI spending frenzy, certainty of a Fed rate cut this month and speculative aggression in lower-quality longshots to keep the indexes aloft.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aloft
Adverb
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The loudest section left belonged to a group of shirtless men twirling their shirts overhead as Colorado trailed 52-14.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Lie prone on the mat with your arms stretched overhead.—
Leoni Jesner,
Health,
1 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The starting price moved upwards over the years, broaching $50,000 by 1994, but the car was so impressive that the hikes didn’t handicap it; Lexus still moved more than 165,000 copies over the first gen’s five-year run.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
30 Oct. 2025
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The curve shoots upward like a fever.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Climate Prediction Center shows equal chances for below- or above-normal temperatures across Wisconsin, and above-normal chances for precipitation across the state.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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See Diplo’s selfie with Trudeau below, and check out his appearance on Smart Girls Dumb Questions above.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloft. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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