Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppercuts
Noun
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The land changed hands as developers pitched grand ideas to no avail.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025 -
Switzerland, like Germany, built its 20th-century industrial economy on training and valuing all types of workers—those that work with their hands and those that work at a desk.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These spam texts ask for $10 while billionaires like Elon Musk support an infrastructure of misinformation and outrage that is keeping the American population busy fighting one another online while our rights are shredded.—
Sarah Stankorb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The rights to the book are shared between the Fred Roven (Charles Roven’s brother) estate, which is being handled by his son, Daryn Roven, and the Tom Wolfe estate, handled by Alexandra Wolfe, Tommy Wolfe, and Sheila Wolfe.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Hearing McCartney play Beatles classics, in particular, sends shivers down one’s spine.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
24 Sep. 2025
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National Hispanic Heritage Month falls at the perfect time for catching up on all the summer fantasy romance reads before Halloween swoops in to give us the shivers.—
Lia Amador,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But when the weather turns crisp, visitors should turn their attention to the interior of the park, where New England hardwoods like oak, maple, and beech offer punches of color to the evergreen forest.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
26 Sep. 2025
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Even after three seasons, the series still delivers unexpected twists and gut-punches.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This is the sort of game that will require CSU’s offense to trade haymakers.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Uppercuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppercuts. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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