upreared

verb

past tense of uprear
as in rose
to move or extend upward trees uprearing towards the sky

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upreared
  1. rose
  2. climbed
  3. ascended
  4. soared
Verb
  • The positivity rate rose to 21% among employees who underwent random hair testing, according to the company’s annual Drug Testing Index.
    — A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Shares in chipmakers Samsung and TSMC in particular saw big gains from comparative lows, as investors bet that semiconductor demand would continue; tech-heavy benchmarks in South Korea, Taiwan, and China all rose.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of rose
Verb
  • Branch library program attendance rose 10% in fiscal 2026 compared with the previous year, while attendance at research libraries increased 6%; overall visits climbed 2% and 4%, respectively, across all ages according to data provided by NYPL.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Gunther climbed to the top rope, and Aldis hit a superplex to lefel the playing field.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of climbed
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  • One of the children, a boy wrapped only in a towel, fled the riverbank in a panic and ascended to the road as the adults were drowning.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • For more than a decade, Miller steadily ascended in the niche world of NFL Draft media.
    — Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of ascended
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  • Shell’s latest quarterly profits soared to their second-highest levels in the company’s history as the US-Iran war caused a surge in global oil prices.
    — Salma Arafa, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • Fortinet — The cybersecurity stock soared 12% as strong second-quarter billings helped the company to outpace analyst estimates.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Definition of soared
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“Upreared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upreared. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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