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Recent Examples of skyward
Glass-and-steel towers stretch skyward, rising above the surrounding rainforest and the Pacific Ocean beyond.
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Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Dipoto never leapt skyward after the last out of the World Series, as McGraw once did in this city.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Schaller showed a couple of photos that illustrate the craze, one of a couple getting married in a Wawa parking lot and another of a man at a new store in Florida, dropped to his knees with his arms raised skyward.
—Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 12 Aug. 2025
Tennesseans should look skyward over the next couple of nights and mornings to catch a glimpse of the fireballs in the Perseid meteor shower.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
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Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Dipoto never leapt skyward after the last out of the World Series, as McGraw once did in this city.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Schaller showed a couple of photos that illustrate the craze, one of a couple getting married in a Wawa parking lot and another of a man at a new store in Florida, dropped to his knees with his arms raised skyward.
—Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 12 Aug. 2025
Tennesseans should look skyward over the next couple of nights and mornings to catch a glimpse of the fireballs in the Perseid meteor shower.
—Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyward
upward
Adverb
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A touch of piano and pedal steel guitar bracket verses that swing upward to meet a chorus steeped in Sheeran’s authentically raw vocals.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Studies have found that those working upward of 52 hours a week experience declines in processing speed, memory consolidation and emotional regulation.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Skyward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyward. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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