as in to lift
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
a mountain range that was uplifted millions of years ago by the collision of continental plates
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as in encouragement
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as in increase
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Recent Examples of uplift
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The new airport has seen a 26 percent jump in perfume and cosmetics sales, with luxury retail experiencing more than a 43 percent uplift.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Keaton had a preference for uplifting films, often leaning towards romantic comedies or movies about female friends with an optimistic viewpoint.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Beyond The Marketing Claims The data SymphonyAI presents is eye-catching — $200M in retail profit uplift, 77% fewer false positives in financial services, 35% asset utilization gains in manufacturing.
—Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The new airport has seen a 26 percent jump in perfume and cosmetics sales, with luxury retail experiencing more than a 43 percent uplift.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
The supermodel also founded the Luz Foundation, which supports projects uplifting women and children, as well as initiatives in education, health, and the environment.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Keaton had a preference for uplifting films, often leaning towards romantic comedies or movies about female friends with an optimistic viewpoint.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uplift
Verb
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The research team also revealed that the robots can change their shape and gait to adapt to different terrains or to perform a variety of functions, such as gripping and lifting objects.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Oct. 2025
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Two teaspoons of baking powder lift the dense cookie dough into puffy masterpieces.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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His main goal is to provide support and encouragement, especially during relapses.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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With her mother's encouragement, Nandudu dreamed of going to college and becoming a lawyer.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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That's a 5% increase from 9% last year and higher than 8% for 2023.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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During periods of intense rainfall, the risk of flooding increases, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Utah incident showed how counter protesters, too, can elevate tensions.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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Sides and sauces, each carefully chosen, elevated every meal.—
Essence,
Essence,
18 Oct. 2025
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The main level sits a couple of floors above the street and draws inspiration from classic midcentury-modern design, with natural grasscloth wallcoverings wrapping the living and dining rooms.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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Not only that, Tolkien and Guest, beyond their creative work, actively supported the Welsh language, while Miyazaki took inspiration from Wales’ workers’ rights movement to tell a universal story about environmentalism and greed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Tropical Storm Jerry continues to spin in the Atlantic Ocean, with forecasters predicting further strengthening that could see the storm become a hurricane in the next couple of days.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Sustained winds of around 75 mph (120 kph) were recorded with some additional strengthening expected.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For the event, which raises money for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Gomez exuded old Hollywood elegance in a glamorous black gown featuring sparkly embellishments.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Sanders backed Platner’s campaign, and the senatorial hopeful has raised millions of dollars for his campaign.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Knowing something, anything at all, was a relief.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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More than 300 North Carolina farmers, faith leaders and hunger relief organizations signed onto a public letter to lawmakers this week urging action at the state level to address food concerns.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Uplift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uplift. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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