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[uhp] / ʌp /
PREPOSITION
situated above
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WEAK


PREPOSITION
moving from the earth
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WEAK
VERB
elevate
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ADJECTIVE
next in turn
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Short-term loans made up more than 6% of EquiTrust’s assets in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Unwelcome back home in Stranraer, she ended up in a women's hostel in Glasgow.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

“We just sort of assume that ‘OK, you’ve been admitted and it’s Syracuse University and you’ll let us know if you’re going to show up or not,’” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

To comply with Internal Revenue Service rules, the investor must give up control of the assets within the policy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Perhaps we can refuse to line up, Gertie thinks desperately.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Nine out of 10 of the most popular stocks for hedge funds are megacap tech companies and the ups and downs of the AI sector still drive their performance, their leverage and their positioning.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Before starting the role, the executive traveled to the company’s headquarters to introduce himself to rank-and-file employees in addition to higher ups.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Through years of typical relationship ups and downs, our attraction to each other has hardly wavered.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

"There's lots of ups and downs, it's quite stressful," she said.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

“No, I’ll manage. It’s part of my job to weather the ups and downs. And we can’t let you two miss your dinner,” she says.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Do you feel like you’ve upped the ante —

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Bringing on Eleanor Cardwell in place of Tchine towards the end of that quarter gave the Roses a lift, as they upped their intensity in the second period to close the deficit to 25-21.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Our writer has upped his steps from 10,000 a day to 13,000.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

In essence, the neighboring sale upped the ante as far as Behar’s listing was concerned—and also encouraged her agents to start thinking about other ways they could prove the home’s potential to prospective buyers.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

They’ve upped his antidepressant, which doesn’t seem to make him any less depressed, but helps him to forget that he is.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

"Our work reveals how a lack of arginine interferes with the immune system, and suggests that upping arginine intake could prove beneficial," says first author Qiushuang Wu, a postdoc in the lab.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

He has additional levers to pull, such as further upping its food game and attracting more customers in the typically slower afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

It’s a new era at Verizon Communications, and the company is upping its financial forecasts as it makes progress under the current leadership team.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

This tournament features more matches than ever before, and North American stadiums have enormous capacities to accommodate even more fans, naturally upping the consumption of this World Cup.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Dad held back at first and lost some money to Robbie, then started upping the stakes and beating him.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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