uplifting 1 of 3

present participle of uplift

uplifting

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adjective

uplifting

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noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for uplifting
Verb
  • London time, lifting the company to the top of the Stoxx 600 index.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
  • This project is creating meaningful partnerships and jobs, lifting up disadvantaged communities and supporting greenhouse gas reduction goals.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • To add insult to injury, distress at work has been linked to a decrease in innovative work behavior, meaning all that destructive stress ultimately may yield less inspiring work.
    Drew Gerber, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Loved this story from Rustin Dodd about the different inspiring messages being relayed from sports figures to college graduates over the past month.
    Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Their upturn in form coincided with Luis Enrique altering Dembele’s role from right winger to centre-forward, with the Frenchman operating as a false nine.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • Preceding the upturn, the ratio saw a significant downdraft in Q1 that resulted in a breakdown, indicating a bearish shift in XLK’s relative strength trend.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Director Kenneth Branagh treats the fairy tale with as much respect and elegance as a Shakespeare play, elevating the source material to something grander.
    Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Together, the books and the show prompted a reckoning over Cromwell’s reputation, elevating him from villain to hero.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This may have been a low point, but not even the more edifying moments of the discussion shed much light on the essential conflict between Brustein’s commitment to integration and Wilson’s appeal for separatism.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But the fact that the two situations are being compared does not make the comparison very edifying.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 17 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • The thrust of Verdigets’ early focus would be business fundamentals — building a holding structure for Nateland, assessing and fine-tuning the company’s revenue-cost ratio, and helping to define its five key verticals, including Touring, Digital, TV/Film, Experiences, and Products and Merchandise.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 June 2025
  • Super Heavy alone is powered by 33 of SpaceX’s Raptor engines that give the initial burst of thrust at liftoff.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • The year also began with a strong El Niño event, which occurs when the ocean in the Eastern Pacific releases large amounts of heat to the atmosphere, raising global temperatures.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Sinema spent around $8,000 on travel expenses in the Boston area in the days surrounding the marathon this spring, but has reported raising just one dollar since March, according to CREW’s complaint.
    Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The problem is that Flanagan—known for eerie but subtle horror films like Hush and Oculus and Netflix series like Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Hill House—puts too many overly earnest quotation marks around what should be the most moving scenes.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 June 2025
  • Perhaps the most moving part of the evening was the presentation of the third and final MOCA Legends Award to renowned architect Frank Gehry, who renovated the old warehouse which houses the MOCA Geffen.
    Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
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“Uplifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uplifting. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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