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Recent Examples of skyward
Tennesseans should look skyward over the next couple of nights and mornings to catch a glimpse of the fireballs in the Perseid meteor shower.
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Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
The company Gilmour Space notched that milestone today (July 29), sending its first Eris rocket skyward from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in coastal Queensland around 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT; 8:35 a.m.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 July 2025
The Awe of the Cosmos That same sense of reverence is drawing more visionaries skyward.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 17 July 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
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Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
The company Gilmour Space notched that milestone today (July 29), sending its first Eris rocket skyward from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in coastal Queensland around 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT; 8:35 a.m.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 July 2025
The Awe of the Cosmos That same sense of reverence is drawing more visionaries skyward.
—Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 17 July 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyward
upward
Adverb
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Its most explosive event was Quantrill’s Raid in August 1863, when a group of Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill laid waste to Lawrence and killed upward of 200 people, some of them as young as 13 years old.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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The steps guide residents upward to the main floor, which sits level with the ridgeline.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyward. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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