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upward

[uhp-werd] / ˈʌp wərd /
ADJECTIVE
directed up
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STRONG
WEAK
acclivous anabatic ascending ascensional ascensive assurgent
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ADVERB
from a lower to higher position
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Example Sentences

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“This impressive outcome marked a significant upward revision from earlier forecasts that had projected slower growth,” OCBC’s Selena Ling says in an email.

From The Wall Street Journal

"With both demand clarity and supply constraints converging, suppliers have steadily pushed prices upward, in some cases aggressively," he said.

From BBC

In that setup, the top of the price chart forms a flat line which represents resistance, and the bottom a line that slopes upward as buyers pick up the stock at an increasingly higher price.

From MarketWatch

Each notch upward translates into more extreme weather, more crop failures, more extinct species and more human deaths.

From Salon

While rebates will vary by drug, the kickbacks to Medicare could be upward of 80% of list price.

From The Wall Street Journal