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Recent Examples of skyward
The case hasn't quite been closed for Van Gaver, who is still looking skyward for Finn.
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Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Every few minutes, the quiet of a muggy spring evening in the Park Glen neighborhood in far north Fort Worth was broken by the clanging of pots, pans, air horns, and other noisemakers as residents looked skyward at unwanted guests.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
And then, Super Heavy… One day later, SpaceX fired up 33 engines on the Super Heavy booster that will send Starship V3 skyward.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
That year, the revolution in Iran sent oil prices skyward again.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Every few minutes, the quiet of a muggy spring evening in the Park Glen neighborhood in far north Fort Worth was broken by the clanging of pots, pans, air horns, and other noisemakers as residents looked skyward at unwanted guests.
—Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
And then, Super Heavy… One day later, SpaceX fired up 33 engines on the Super Heavy booster that will send Starship V3 skyward.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
That year, the revolution in Iran sent oil prices skyward again.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyward
upward
Adverb
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But from 42 knots upwards is where hydrofoiling craft hit their equivalent of the sound barrier — cavitation.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Lower yields also tend to push upward on prices for stocks and other kinds of investments.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyward. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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