upward
Example Sentences
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A return to a wider conflict would put upward pressure on oil prices—which rose more than 10% this week—and weigh on the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
One downside: All the demand for chips, memory and materials needed to build data centers for AI is adding upward pressure to inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
He doesn’t care if housing prices spiral upward and out of control.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Visitors may have noticed that Odorysseus’ spadix — the conic protrusion emerging upward from the plant — was much taller than Odora’s, which had caved in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The sphinxes’ strength, Christopher saw, was dizzying: they leaped like coiled springs upward over the rock, covering twenty feet at a bound.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
