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upscale

[uhp-skeyl, uhp-skeyl, uhp-skeyl] / ˈʌpˈskeɪl, ʌpˈskeɪl, ˈʌpˌskeɪl /
















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The Long Beach Peninsula is a narrow section of upscale homes with beaches on both sides — one facing Alamitos Bay, the other facing the Pacific Ocean.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Earlier attempts to move upscale left memorable scars.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Hyper upscale grocer Erewhon at the center will reopen in January.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

On a recent afternoon, Terekh arrived with her 12-year-old deaf dog Chuck and her bodyguards at an upscale Kyiv real-estate development that she had helped design.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

I knew Aunt Melissa managed a hotel, and before moving here, I assumed she ran an upscale resort.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Granted, this upscaled, agreeably rangy treatment of an adventure storyline that wouldn’t have been out of place on the show could have attempted more.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

The puppets are made from upscaled and recyclable materials – primarily cardboard and plywood – with a focus on bio-degradable and organic materials.

From BBC May 21, 2025

Back in 2017, a two-photon polymerisation printer was developed at TU Wien that enables upscaled printing.

From Science Daily Mar. 21, 2024

Cyberpunk 2077 at upscaled 1024 x 768, FSR on For some game developers, this might be the more attractive use case, particularly since I actually saw a slight performance hit with FSR at 4K.

From The Verge Mar. 3, 2022

The bigger question, propelling this feisty, funny and poignant comedy-drama arriving Friday, is how much its setting — Boyle Heights, Los Angeles — can be upscaled and “discovered” until it is no longer Boyle Heights.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2020

For others, such as Leeds United in northern England and Spanish team Getafe, upscaling is essential to stay competitive in major leagues where player transfer fees and salaries are huge.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

However, this upscaling only underscores the shortcomings of these images, leaving us not in awe of the heavens but adrift in the void.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

It made a big deal of PC-exclusive features including unlocked frame rates, upscaling tech and support for ultrawide displays seen as an advantage souped-up gaming rigs.

From BBC May 31, 2024

These findings provide strong evidence for integrating and upscaling nature-based components into coastal defenses, but the team advised doing so with caution.

From Science Daily Apr. 9, 2024

Making “Revanchist,” he returned to old project files dating back to 2014, rummaging through unfinished ideas and upscaling the freshest ones.

From New York Times Oct. 23, 2023




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