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Recent Examples of upgrade
Noun
The city argues that eliminating the fee would jeopardize critical long-term infrastructure upgrades. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025 A couple teams that come to mind are the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees, both who could be in need of upgrades at third base. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
On April 27, the brand dropped an exclusive collaboration with Target, and the first collection is filled with spring and summer styles that will instantly upgrade rooms. Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025 Riley reasoning: This simply would be a case of upgrading talent first, leaving the rest to the coaching brilliance of Erik Spoelstra. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for upgrade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upgrade
Noun
  • If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Avoid open fields, the top of a hill, or a ridge top.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The spa has a similar indoor-outdoor feel: the yoga studio looks out onto greenery while hot and cold plunge pools come with a wide view of the hills.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the past, only non-discounted stays qualified for free dining deals, but next year, guests will be able to couple that benefit with other promotions.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Even before the current wave of promotions, college students had established themselves as AI’s power users.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But McIlroy, with ice in his own veins, bombed his drive and put his approach within two feet after spinning it off the slope behind the hole.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The proverbial slope from seemingly reasonable uses of these technologies to unconstitutional and unjustifiably speech-suppressive uses is very slippery.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Infielder David Villar was promoted from Triple-A Sacramento to take his place.
    Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Intended to be held over two weeks in April and May 2017, the first Fyre Festival was promoted by social media influencers like Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and Hailey Bieber, and ticketholders were promised acts like Blink-182 and Migos.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Sporting improved to 2-6-1 in MLS regular-season play, winning its second match of 2025.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2025
  • If each of us could do one small good deed daily, the world would be improved.
    Maria Zimina, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The unusual trajectory aligned the Falcon 9 with a perfectly polar orbit at an inclination of 90 degrees to the equator, bringing the four-person crew directly over the North or South Pole every 45 minutes.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
  • And grant funding has become less reliable as state governments face their own financial challenges while the Trump administration has shown little inclination to aid transit systems.
    Soumya Karlamangla, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In fact, researchers have theorized that fusion could generate nearly limitless amounts of safe and clean energy on Earth, but the scientific advancements that could make this possible on a large scale are still decades away.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The announcement marks the first advancement toward a full agreement that was thrown into jeopardy by rounds of tense talks and Zelensky's disastrous White House visit in February.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The resort, however, is on an incline, and the hot springs are at the very top of the hill.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2025
  • An investigation determined that the injuries occurred after the victim had parked a red 2006 Kia Sedona on an incline on the northbound side of Lyric Lane.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025

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“Upgrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upgrade. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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