higher

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Adjective
  • The first-generation satellite system will include more than 3,200 advanced low-Earth orbit satellites, which will be delivered across more than 80 launches in the coming years.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
  • However, some experts question whether the impoverished and largely isolated nation could develop such advanced capabilities without foreign assistance.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • With their flood of light and color, Yi Ming’s paintings have sold for high prices at charity auctions and have brought the artists invitations to design work for events both in China and abroad.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Stronger enforcement of equal pay laws, pay transparency regulations, a higher minimum wage, policies to align school and work schedules, and again, paid leave could all make being a working mother a more equitable—and therefore appealing—experience.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Higher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/higher. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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