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uplift

[uhp-lift, uhp-lift] / ʌpˈlɪft, ˈʌpˌlɪft /


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“Why shouldn’t she use her power to uplift women and children ... these things she’s been really passionate about?”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

"Hopefully in years to come that will change and we can uplift boys and girls," Brown says.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The tectonic forces at work also thrust chunks of the island's coastline upward in a phenomenon known as "coastal uplift", leaving stretches of shore unrecognisable to families who have spent their whole lives there.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

Barclays calculated that every percentage-point increase in inflation gives gold a 5% uplift, meaning the inflationary impulse of the recent energy shock should be supportive.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

Although many poor African Americans rejected the philosophies, tactics, and strategies of the black elite, ultimately moral uplift ideology became the new common sense.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

“The uncertainty surrounding which companies will experience long-term earnings uplifts from AI helps explain the practical focus of most investors on the near-term earnings impact from AI,” Snider said.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

At the end of the show each time I felt awesome — I went through a lot of emotion throughout that is real to me, not performed, but I think the show uplifts.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

The government is under pressure from its own MPs to scrap the two-child limit for benefit uplifts.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2025

The truth is that Lucumí honors nature, uplifts ancestors, and offers tools for collective survival.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2025

The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

It’s been a week of emotional and intellectual whiplash, but I head into the theater feeling uplifted.

From Slate May 8, 2026

UCLA’s bench was uplifted all season by Close’s warm intentionality, learned from years of mentorship from Wooden.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2026

While artificial intelligence investments and spending by well-off families have powered the robust economic growth, it remains unclear if most households will feel uplifted by this boom.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

Mutharika's supporters say his first stint in power uplifted Malawi, pointing to the billions of dollars of Chinese loans he secured in order to revamp the country's infrastructure.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2025

And I saw the squat man shake his fist angrily over the uplifted faces, yelling something in a staccato West Indian accent, at which the crowd yelled threateningly.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Still, it’s easy to be won over by the album’s passionate commitment and range, how it manages to be depressing and uplifting in equal measure.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

But the sport also helped other Jews survive a dark period and Kean said that may be the most beautiful and uplifting part of “The Beautiful Game.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

EW&F is emblematic of Black identity, uplifting Black joy through a message of infinite possibility and affirmation, “feeding into little souls like mine,” says Michelle Obama.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2026

Instead of enlisting surrogates to push an uplifting vision for L.A.’s future, Pratt elevates those who speak of the city as a West Coast Chernobyl.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

The precedent he was setting may have seemed uplifting in retrospect, but at the time the glaring and painful reality was that the United States without Washington was itself unprecedented.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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