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Adjective
In March 2002, the United Kingdom’s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit arrested Gary McKinnon, a quiet 36-year-old Scot with elfin features and Spock-like upswept eyebrows.—IEEE Spectrum, 27 June 2011 The styling, identical for both models, was dramatic, featuring an extended fiberglass nose and an upswept spoiler at the rear.—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2023 The plain edge blade with an upswept design makes the knife a solid slasher, and when combined with the needle-point and 6.30-ounce fighting weight, the knife will puncture and penetrate.—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023 Why? The proud, efficient and bilious store manager, Pauline (Eva Kaminsky), is all business; her upswept hair is a pincushion of pens.—Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for upswept
In terms of the design, the mix of rose gold and rhodium plating on the dial brings an industrial feel to the timepieces.
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Sophie Furley,
Robb Report,
24 Dec. 2024
Novo Nordisk’s Fundamentals Over Recent Years Novo Nordisk’s revenue rose over 2x from 127 billion DKK in 2020 to 271 billion DKK for the last twelve-month period.
Before banging Kevin Gausman’s elevated fastball off the right field wall for a fifth-inning double, Dezenzo had taken five plate appearances across the past nine days.
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Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
These were much larger and more architecturally complex, and they were positioned in elevated, visible locations that were set away from settlements and pastures.
And as longer-term followers of MLS will know, there used to be a slash in one of America’s most prominent clubs, too.
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
One of the most prominent counterarguments comes from Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), which suggests that governments issuing their own currency can never run out of money.
In deep-red states, Trump remains a dominant force.
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Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
Arizona Cardinals First pick: DT Walter Nolen The Cardinals took some big swings, starting with Nolen, who can be dominant on his best snaps and complements the team’s free-agent signings of edges Josh Sweat and Baron Browning.
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