elevate

Confirmation can elevate the official; it cannot ratify the paper.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

But when the Cubs landed Tucker in a blockbuster trade with the Astros before the 2025 season, hoping he’d elevate their offense, he did just that for the first three months of the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

This was quite the moment to elevate the sun-kissed event above the DeChambeau controversy which had threatened to overshadow the week.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

"This study is designed to elevate the profile of aquatic deoxygenation as a global threat and show that it does not operate in isolation."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

“They tell everyone that. Principles of Sympathy is one of the classes you’ll have to slog through before they elevate you to E’lir.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Mr. Ogilvy, who was educated at Oxford and later became a chef, writes in propulsive prose that elevates this, his first book, above a simple history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

But perhaps what elevates Pogacar to the top now is his respectful demeanour, paying tribute as he did in Paris to every one of his domestiques by name, before thanking his family.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

While it’s still a sitcom, the show embraces sci-fi and elevates a quartet of supporting characters from “The Big Bang Theory” for a crazy multiverse ride with callbacks to the original series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The Ocean of Peace alliance elevates Fiji to one of Australia's few treaty allies and binds each nation to come to the other's "mutual defence".

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

He splices a broken line, or pokes a bird’s nest off a boom, or elevates an antenna on struts.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

With the two at loggerheads, analysts warned that the crisis could drag on, keeping oil prices elevated and putting pressure on inflation.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Bradnam said he had identified "recurring humidity control failures" affecting facilities and "elevated humidity levels" had been found.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Dispersion within the U.S. stock market had been notably elevated at the time, as shares of semiconductor stocks rallied while software and megacap technology shares cratered.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Because their bodies are still developing, younger generations are expected to experience the greatest lifetime exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

She elevated his leg, bandaged it, then sat on the floor beside him.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Leslie Vooris shares some recommendations for elevating your drinking experience by investing in fancy glassware.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

A major heat wave across Southern California’s interior is expected to push temperatures into the triple digits this week, further elevating the fire threat and raising concerns about health risks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

In 2021, months after Citigroup appointed Fraser as CEO, JPMorgan solidified Lake and Piepszak’s status as CEO front-runners by elevating them to run its sprawling consumer-banking operation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

"You are elevating things that I would interpret as good for you, and you're recovering very quickly".

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Their names were Gus and Wes and they had succeeded in elevating medicine to an exact science.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller