uppers

plural of upper

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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
  • 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
  • These gases together have driven roughly 22 percent of global warming since 1850.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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