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Recent Examples of skyward
The jagged summit of Crestone Peak, Colorado’s seventh-highest mountain, looks like a camel’s back, with two rocky pinnacles jutting skyward from the Sangre de Cristo range.
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
The crowd looked skyward as a military helicopter approached from Gaza, briefly diverting from its route to Ichilov Hospital to circle the square in a symbolic salute.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
In this case, that would probably mean funding the government and extending subsidies that are set to expire at year’s end and send health care premiums skyward.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
As top-tier sports continue to flee pay-TV like so many panicky horses hoofing their way out of a burning stable, the WNBA is nosing around for oats among the haybales as the sparks fly skyward.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
The crowd looked skyward as a military helicopter approached from Gaza, briefly diverting from its route to Ichilov Hospital to circle the square in a symbolic salute.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
In this case, that would probably mean funding the government and extending subsidies that are set to expire at year’s end and send health care premiums skyward.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
As top-tier sports continue to flee pay-TV like so many panicky horses hoofing their way out of a burning stable, the WNBA is nosing around for oats among the haybales as the sparks fly skyward.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyward
upward
Adverb
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Most UTIs begin when bacteria from the gastrointestinal tract enter the urethra and travel upward into the bladder.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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So, if the stock market is warped in a way that has driven stocks consistently upward, who cares?—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyward. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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