upper

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Around 95% of stock market action takes place within the upper and lower bands.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

If Pulte is personally connected to The Fellowship, he’d hardly be alone in the administration’s upper ranks.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Its upper floors stand ripped open to the sky, concrete hangs in jagged slabs and a smoke-blackened staircase disappears into darkness.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Her caged parakeet in the upper corner stares back at us, acknowledging our voyeurism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

He could continue to sleep in the birch, where, if not completely protected, he had the advantage of a high redoubt, the upper hand in case of a conflict.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig