Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ramped (up)
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The show’s presentation has also stepped up its game with a mix of realistic background design and outsize expressions that capture Marin’s boisterousness and Gojo’s nervousness.—
Kambole Campbell,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025 -
Locally, community members quickly stepped up to take tags off the tree.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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Preachers mounted tree stumps and worked different parts of the encampment.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Additional county cost obligations, including the Mays Consent Decree — requiring the county improve mental and medical healthcare for inmates — have also mounted spending.—
Reeti Malhotra
June 11,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
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Sanlorenzo’s 236-foot Silver Fox elevated the concept of the private owner’s deck to a rarefied level.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
16 June 2026
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Even if oil prices stabilize, elevated freight rates, risk premiums and refinery disruptions could keep some prices elevated for months, says Tammy Kulesa, senior director of supply chain execution at Blue Yonder, a supply-chain software company.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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Through these relationships, our team is able to identify unmet needs and meet them with academic, mental and behavioral health, medical and financial services enhanced by our partners.—
Andry Sweet,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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Through New Deal policies, Roosevelt enhanced institutional trust, which stabilized democracy and helped rescue capitalism from its excesses.—
Valerie L. Myers,
The Conversation,
3 July 2025
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In the race to replace Phil Serna, epidemiologist and former Sacramento mayoral candidate Flo Cofer expanded her sizable lead over rival and Sacramento City Councilmember Eric Guerra compared to Friday’s returns.—
Reeti Malhotra
June 9,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Haiti’s vulnerable ports As Haiti’s armed gangs have expanded and become more powerful, concerns about the security of the country’s seaports have grown.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
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His passion and pride in the work, down to earth and sometimes irreverent style, and the reverence for small business owners and hard working people only enriched our lives and well as many others as well.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Iran has 972 pounds of uranium that is enriched up to 60% purity, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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“Ramped (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ramped%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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