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up

[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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Inflation tied to the AI boom is “jumping out of its lane” and starting to push up prices in other parts of the economy, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee told Semafor this week.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

The security agency released a video showing black-clad officers placing handcuffs on a man who is later shown powering up a laptop in front of the operatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“We’re seeing across-the-board reduction of school attendance, substantial reduction in employees showing up to farm operations, packing sheds and in the fields. Construction has essentially come to a halt,” Arias said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

It’s hard to stand up in moments like these, but look what happens when we don’t.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

He gazes up and sees an American soldier, his face covered with soot.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Pick ups and drop offs at home can be a hot mess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"This year has been quite challenging for me, lots of ups and downs and physical and health issues, so I was just trying to find a good feeling on the court," Djokovic said.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

That means it is not immune from the stock market’s ups and downs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Soccer history, Pochettino had more downs than ups in his first 18 months as he struggled to adapt to the American system and the players struggled to adapt to him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“But I know it’s had its share of ups and downs,” he said, raising his eyebrows.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

But Sorkin has changed his name and upped his age, so as fun and ferocious as Burr is, we also spend his scenes feeling a little confused.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Pollock added Eddie Hearn to his advisory team earlier this year and the boxing impresario upped the ante by claiming his new client was "a seven-figure player", whose current pay shocked him.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

A colleague of his, whose job at Anthropic is to lead research about steering and controlling future AI systems, upped the ante, estimating the extinction risk over the next decade is greater than 10%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway has upped its bet on the U.S. housing market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Here I've upped it to six or seven, mainly because I'm too lazy to do anything else.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Ryanna Harris threw for three scores and ran for three versus Rio Mesa, upping her season total to 32 touchdowns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The ubiquity of AI-assisted answering—not to mention the risk of hiring candidates who might be lying about where they live, or even working for North Korea—has companies upping their screening tactics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

"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

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

To this end, he took what seems at first sight a rather bizarre decision, upping sticks and moving to Holland, where he signed up for military service with the Prince of Orange.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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