rev up
Example Sentences
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She became the woman who, more than perhaps any one other person, made California’s air tolerable, if not technically healthy, and revved up the state’s climate and greenhouse gas policies.
From Los Angeles Times
To support its policy objectives, China set a fiscal deficit target of around 4% of GDP, in line with last year’s record deficit target, giving policymakers ample room to rev up government spending if needed.
Anthropic struck a deal to help reshape college coding courses across the U.S., revving up the race among tech companies to get their AI tools into the hands of the next generation of American workers.
That trend has revved up since last spring, when global investors dumped U.S. stocks, Treasurys and other dollar-denominated assets—the “Sell America” trade, as it was dubbed at the time.
Andre Harris is a pawn in a debate that has car buffs across Maryland revved up: What should qualify as a historic vehicle?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
