Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprear
Verb
  • The number of foreign residents has risen sharply in recent years, reaching a record 3 percent of the population in 2024, as Tokyo cautiously loosened visa rules for workers in key industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, and caregiving.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In that appearance, Thilly moonwalked across the floor and performed a backspin before using his allotted five minutes to complain about rising taxes, according to CBS News New York.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Here, fans sit above the pit straight and start-finish line, roughly level with Turn 1 as the track climbs steeply up toward them.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In the three-way race that followed, Cuomo’s support climbed to 33 percent, indicating that many of Adams’ former voters migrated to him—while Mamdani’s overall numbers held steady.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In two years, the cars will ascend toward a building full of paying members instead of open sky.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • From there, the bacteria can get into the urethra as a result of poor hygiene or improper wiping in the bathroom, then ascend into the urinary tract.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Outbreaks surged in late 2024 and early 2025, affecting hundreds of commercial flocks and millions of birds, and leading to severe egg shortages and soaring prices.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Students embraced the joke, and before long, every game began with hundreds of tortillas soaring into the night sky as the whistle blew for kickoff.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Uprear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprear. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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