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Recent Examples of skyward
That scenario — which would likely send oil prices skyward — now appears less of a threat.
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Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
The ship’s forward artillery turrets remain pointing skyward, which proved to be the wrong direction, historians say.
—Mark Price
updated July 13, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
Fred turned his gaze from skyward to sideways, taking Lily in with those emerald eyes.
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
The career is headed skyward, but Wichita, or, this week, Fayetteville, Ark., is where his cleats are, and where his mind is, right?.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
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Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
The ship’s forward artillery turrets remain pointing skyward, which proved to be the wrong direction, historians say.
—Mark Price
updated July 13, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025
Fred turned his gaze from skyward to sideways, taking Lily in with those emerald eyes.
—Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
The career is headed skyward, but Wichita, or, this week, Fayetteville, Ark., is where his cleats are, and where his mind is, right?.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyward
upward
Adverb
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Up until August, this price had followed the indexes upward.—
John Navin,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Mist as thick as liquid nitrogen at a magic show appeared to move upward from its base, but what struck me most was the density of the greenery.—
Becky Cooper,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Aug. 2025
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