- present participle of upgrade.
upgrading
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The city has been upgrading segments of seawalls over the years to reduce seawater overtopping, but much of its harbor-front property remains under threat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The firm is already involved in the UK's Boxer combat vehicle programme and is upgrading the country's Challenger tanks.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Stansbury noted that Johnson from the start shared his and the board’s goals of upgrading the network infrastructure and eliminating an unsustainable dividend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Production in the construction sector, which expanded over nine percent in August, was being supported by public contracts for upgrading infrastructure, it noted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
In the nylon webbing pocket in front of him was an in-flight magazine with an article in it about camels, which he’d read, and another about upgrading your business wardrobe, which he hadn’t.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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