UPTURNED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

upturned

verb

past tense of upturn

as in rose

to move or extend upward at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you

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Jim Bakker, televangelist who rose to fame and fell from grace, has died at 86.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
First-half box office rose 42% on last year, admissions rose 34%, and Korean films took 64% of revenue.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

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Thousands of people have ascended the mountain from the southeast ridge in Nepal, but only five had ever reached its summit from the North Face.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
In the span of just three days, SpaceX founder Elon Musk ascended to trillionaire status before crashing out of the club in a billion-dollar downturn.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of ascended

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But the benefit boost won’t go that far when the price of gas, beef, healthcare and other needs have soared, Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security policy analyst, told CNN.

— Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
French government borrowing costs have soared to their highest level in nearly a quarter of a century as jittery bond markets have responded to the country's failure to impose fiscal consolidation.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

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That flattened front-end design is lifted loosely from the GT1 Le Mans racer, while the back half has tinges of the 959.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 15 Oct. 2026
Motorists, fed up with the second malfunction of the week, got out of their cars and lifted the arms so others could drive under, either venturing into or out of the Folsom Boulevard commuter traffic.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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OpenAI’s report on influence campaigns mounted using its technology also described a cluster of ChatGPT accounts in Russia that were banned after they were used to operate what appeared to be a fake think tank in Latin America.

— Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Since the start of the war in Ukraine almost five years ago, Russia has mounted ever more aggressive attacks in Europe, far from the battlefield.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

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