upper

Example Sentences

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Images released by Ukrainian emergency services showed a building whose upper floors were engulfed in flames.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The gap between spending by the middle and upper classes is growing bigger, data suggest.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Orion, helped by the rocket's upper stage, will orbit Earth before flying to the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

As of April 1, the Weather Channel’s 14-day forecast for Weekend 1 has highs in Indio in the upper 80s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Elisha called this private upper floor “a sort of sanctuary; a retreat to which we are driven by mischief-making eyes and tongues. There, like wounded deer we escape the hunters.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock