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Recent Examples of upward
Amy Wagner, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
In 2008, the year after the fund was established, cigarette tax revenues topped $9 million annually and were on an upward trajectory.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2025
While the fertility rate last year bucked the trend, ticking upward to 1.2 births per woman from 1.0 in 2023, this was still well below the replacement rate of 2.1.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Adjective
Therefore, a very small allocation in crypto could potentially boost your retirement savings if the upward trajectory continues.
—Amy Wagner, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
In 2008, the year after the fund was established, cigarette tax revenues topped $9 million annually and were on an upward trajectory.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Adverb
By contrast, YouGov’s polling shows Trump’s unfavorables have swung upward by just 2 points in the same window.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2025
While the fertility rate last year bucked the trend, ticking upward to 1.2 births per woman from 1.0 in 2023, this was still well below the replacement rate of 2.1.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upward
Adjective
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Now legacy media look like minnows compared with Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Apple’s Tim Cook, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, all of whom will be at Sun Valley, rocking their sweater vests and enjoying the view from the upper echelons of power.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
9 July 2025
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Unlike other thin, fragile flats that offer little wear before falling apart, these are reinforced with Vionic’s trademark cushioning, a removable insert, and premium upper materials.—
Kayla Blanton,
People.com,
9 July 2025
Adverb
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Fred turned his gaze from skyward to sideways, taking Lily in with those emerald eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
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The career is headed skyward, but Wichita, or, this week, Fayetteville, Ark., is where his cleats are, and where his mind is, right?.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Stewart returns to the uppermost region on the most competitive list of the most consumed full-lengths in the country, as Ultimate Hits opens at No. 5 on the Official Albums chart.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Back in November 2023, Danse Macabre launched and immediately reached the uppermost tier.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
Adverb
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Skywatchers will see the bright planet Venus appear about three degrees above the orangey star Aldebaran while the glittering Pleiades star cluster hovers just above.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Based on the gaps in the squad chart above, around seven.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Solving world hunger and other topmost global issues would seem suitable to tackle (for my analysis of using existing AI to attend to the United Nations SDGs aka sustainable development goals, see the link here).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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At the moment of collision, according to videos verified by Reuters, two people who appeared to have been on the topmost rung of the mast could be seen swinging forward violently.—
Joseph Goldstein,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Chance of lightning increases as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is overhead.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 July 2025
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“Upward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upward. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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