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upward

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adverb

variants or upwards
as in skyward

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Recent Examples of upward
Adjective
Following the company's impressive Q1 performance, META stock is showing upward momentum in after-hours trading. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 The gimbal supports a straight down (-90-degree) to slightly up (20-degree) articulation, which is less upward tilt than the DJI Neo (60 degrees) or the Flip (35 degrees). PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Adverb
Most of its products are sold by Chinese manufacturers and shipped directly to consumers via low-cost shipping options that take upward of 30 days, and because of the low price of products, orders were previously exempt from de minimis (no duty on imports valued less than $800). Rytis Lauris, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 With the median price of homes in San Diego upward of $1 million, ADUs are very popular as rental units. Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for upward
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upward
Adjective
  • As the holiday weekend progresses, the heat will shift into the upper Midwest, with 90-degree and higher temperatures forecasted in the Dakotas and Minnesota, the National Weather Service said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 May 2025
  • To get into the park, there is a giant cement staircase, and once inside, there is only one elevator that can transfer fans from the lower to the upper concourses.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Adverb
  • Suryavanshi’s teammates were ecstatic too, lifting their arms skyward, clapping with huge smiles while some high-fived in appreciation of the young batter.
    David Close, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
  • After the teams traded scoreless 10th innings and Royals lefty Daniel Lynch pitched a perfect 11th, Fermin won it in the bottom of the frame, lining an RBI single to center before chucking his helmet skyward on his way to first.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The project also nears that uppermost tier on both the Top Streaming Albums chart and Billboard 200, pushing to Nos. 12 and 14, respectively.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • And it's often tossed in the uppermost cabinet in Grandma's kitchen.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • As mentioned above, procurement professionals can consider engaging a GPO to help them with a number of tasks, such as operational efficiency, risk mitigation and compliance.
    M. Todd Abner, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • In partnership with Apple, AAA allows people with iPhone 14s and above to contact roadside assistance via satellite connection.
    Grace Harrington, People.com, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Others assert that achieving AGI is going to be complex and convoluted, necessitating that only the topmost AI experts will be able to tell us that AGI is almost here.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • People will even be willing to switch back-and-forth between the topmost general-purpose AI and a particular best-in-class domain-specific AI that befits their needs.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
  • Avoid overhead sprinklers and choose soaker hoses, drip irrigation, or hand-watering so that water is delivered low and slow and reaches the roots.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 May 2025

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“Upward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upward. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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