elevate
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“Verity” is trashy fun through and through, and doesn’t try to elevate itself past that pulpy baseline.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
The contrasting styles and materials of the individual elements elevate each work into an invigorating whole—a pensive portrait, for example, is given a frisson of danger thanks to the spiky crab shells that surround it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Klopp's style helps to elevate all the members of his squad - not just the most talented.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It’s the actors, however, who elevate the material, supplying a depth of feeling where the writing offers something more general.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Now that I was going to wear red, white, and blue in competitions, I felt even more pressure to elevate my skills and become the best fencer I could.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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By making intentional decisions aligned with your goals and values, leading an active social life and contributing to a cause that elevates your spirit, you’re bound to feel more happy and fulfilled.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Still, it’s one “Whisper Man” sequence that elevates the entire enterprise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
It was the first album they recorded live in the studio since the ’90s, and that aspect elevates almost every song on this record; they all feel incredibly vibrant.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 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
She values my success in school, but only because it elevates her social status.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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Together with the anticipated scaling back of markets’ elevated interest-rate expectations, this limits scope for any further rises in yields, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Yuan, her mother and her father all tested positive for elevated levels of cadmium in their blood in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Goldman also scored higher investment banking fees, citing increases in completed mergers and an elevated level of initial public and secondary equity offerings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Some also develop dangerously elevated pressure inside the brain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
It wasn't just her ivory-white breastplate or silvery kirtle—she glowed softly from within, radiating a warm, comforting light that elevated her physical perfection to something on a higher plane.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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But we are still a long way from elevating the technology above regular human intelligence.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
This summer’s are among the highest on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, elevating the global weather phenomenon to super status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“The latest advancements in AI are elevating cybersecurity to the top of the CIO priority list,” CEO Nikesh Arora said in a statement.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
"I was never about keeping people down, I was more about elevating and bringing people up around me."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
They'd lived their code—Izzat— fighting for freedom, protecting the innocent, elevating loyalty to their own people above all else.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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