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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upsweeping
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Most building sites in Dolpo are notably located on ascending mountain slopes.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025 -
Still, a player ascending from top-15 or top-10-ish status in the league to a legit MVP candidate is arguably an even more difficult, more challenging and vertiginous jump than making the leap from random scrub to solid starter.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Even before her election, tensions were rising between the two neighbors.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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But as time went on, the family faced the challenges of everyday expenses and the rising cost of raising multiple children.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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China remains Japan’s largest trading partner and Takaichi inherited a country facing mounting economic woes.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Plus, the up-front hardware costs (dish, router, and mounting) are higher than for a typical cable or fiber installation.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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From the transistor pioneers of the 1950s to the dense GPU networks of today, computing’s pace is climbing an exponential curve.—
Chelsea Haney
October 30,
New Atlas,
30 Oct. 2025
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The monkey was also seen climbing a pole and atop the store's displays as people tried to coax it back to its owner.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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On smaller scales, stars, gas, radiation, feedback, and other effects arising from the physics of normal matter play an enormously important role, and simulations are still improving.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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In particular, this history suggests that when each side views the other as an existential threat, maintaining political power becomes the greatest imperative—which only increases the likelihood of authoritarian solutions arising as a result.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Upsweeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upsweeping. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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