upsides

noun

plural of upside
as in downsides

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  1. downsides
  2. curves
  3. shifts
  4. swings
  5. trends
Noun
  • That means most people are exposed to AI’s downsides — rising electricity costs, potential job disruption — without any claim on its upside.
    — Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • But the reason that keeps happening is also one of the system’s downsides.
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of downsides
Noun
  • The prospect of spending the rest of her life with a man who nattered on about yield curves filled her with despair.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The duo worked with curves, sequins and dotted effects to suggest light on water, and drew on Impressionist color contrasts.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of curves
Noun
  • Trucks have piled up at borders as Iran's trade shifts to overland.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Eight of them were assigned as guards, working in two separate shifts, and the other 22 prisoners.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of shifts
Noun
  • Walker hit his seventh homer with two swings remaining and his eighth on the next swing to earn bonus swings.
    — Dan Gelston, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • The swings have a black metal frame, black metal swing arms, a fabric canopy and a padded brown seat cushion, the report states.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Definition of swings
Noun
  • What makes lifestyle trends from the region particularly appealing globally is the foundations on which they’re built.
    — Lola Akinmade, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Smilow says a few entrepreneurial trends are taking over college campuses.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of trends
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