UPREAR Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

uprear

verb

ˈəp-ˈrir

Definition of uprear

as in to rise

to move or extend upward trees uprearing towards the sky

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That comes against a backdrop of rising borrowing costs globally.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
The investment forms part of a broader plan to spend $8 billion to $9 billion through 2030 to meet rising demand for munitions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

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More than $405 million will be spent on advertising in the final week of the midterm elections for the top 15 races in the House and Senate, an eye-popping figure that will only continue to climb ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2026
Passengers should politely ask their seatmate to move rather than attempting to climb over them, which can cause injuries.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026

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But with the arrival of the first season of 2025’s The Celebrity Traitors — undeniably one of the best pieces of reality TV Britain has seen in recent years — his star ascended even higher.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026
The eldest daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, Leonor de Borbón y Ortiz became first in line to the Spanish throne when her father ascended in 2014.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

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With the wool industry in decline after decades of drought, overgrazing and soaring production costs, some ranchers are betting on a different kind of shed — filled not with fleece but with blinking racks of servers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
The company showed robust sales growth despite soaring memory costs, which have sandbagged other electronics makers, and which Apple blamed for a $100 price increase on iPhones.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026

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