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uplift

[uhp-lift, uhp-lift] / ʌpˈlɪft, ˈʌpˌlɪft /


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The average rates bill is now £1,239, having seen a 5% uplift in the regional rate paid by all households in Northern Ireland, alongside an uplift in the district rate set by each council area.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

It provides uplift and follows an emotional arc.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Financiers and corporate leaders didn’t monopolize the benefits of big innovations; instead, a sense of social uplift for everyone helped ease misgivings about progress’s rapid pace.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

“Mike has been working to uplift progressive candidates across the country and Rae is among the other folks he’s donated to or platformed,” Shaikh said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Although many poor African Americans rejected the philosophies, tactics, and strategies of the black elite, ultimately moral uplift ideology became the new common sense.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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