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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.
The upper part of the loft is an elevated space for the cats.
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Sarah Sekula,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
Under executive chef Tom Whitaker, the menu of elevated American fare will feature Swifty’s signature dishes, prepared with local ingredients sourced from regional purveyors like Montauk Shellfish, Braun Seafood, Balsam Farms, Catapano Dairy Farm, and wines from Wölffer Estate.
Heat, precipitation or not, the golf world is ecstatic to have landed in one of the nation’s most prominent sports cities for its second PGA championship in eight years.
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Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2025
The gym makes its most prominent return in the universe's seventh installment, the beginning of the Creed franchise.
And with more ad dollars moving to streaming and digital — arenas in which the TV networks are less dominant — the networks seem weaker, particularly as Amazon and Netflix join them as part of the upfront calendar.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
11 May 2025
Like every successful side in these early years of the World Cup, Uruguay 1950 had an outstanding centre-half in Varela, who was physically dominant and also a key attacking weapon.
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