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Recent Examples of uppers
The collaboration’s blue, purple and green colorways feature full suede uppers, while the white style uses a leather upper with a 3M reflective Swoosh and the black makeup uses a fully nubuck construction.
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppers
Noun
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Water is the universal yardstick of comet science, the baseline for measuring how sunlight drives a comet's activity and releases other gases.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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These gases together have driven roughly 22 percent of global warming since 1850.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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City staff said the industrial site, previously cleaned under the state’s Toxic Substances Control program, would see about 72 truck trips a day moving 13,800 barrels of fuel, with spill containment and firefighting systems in place.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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In 2024 riders took over 13 million trips on Bixi bikes, and more than 180 million globally.—
Merrill Fabry,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Uppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppers. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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