uppers

plural of upper

Example Sentences

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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. Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppers
Noun
  • The Texas oil industry and its regulators have celebrated a reduction in the burning of climate-warming gases at oil wells, a practice known as flaring.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And Sharon Wilson, a former oil insider turned methane hunter, uses infrared cameras to expose invisible, deadly gases pouring from fracking sites and pipelines in Texas.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Many parents are forced to think in terms of trade-offs, the study found, weighing the importance of family trips against retirement savings or their children's college funds.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Black Tomato found that trips to Ranthambore National Park in India to see tigers are up 50 percent since before Covid.
    Gaby Keiderling, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Uppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppers. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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