upward
Example Sentences
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“What did I get myself into?” he asked, finding kitchen equipment, furniture, clothes, bottles, a family picture, and wooden planks with nails pointing upward coating the floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"Europe is associated, in young people's minds, with success and upward social mobility," she said, adding that social media played a key "amplifying role".
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
They found persistent changes in several measures of blood chemistry that closely followed the upward trend in atmospheric CO2.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
At your level of wealth, you’re likely making upward of $700,000 in growth each year, so even paying the advisers and taking $450,000 for living expenses, your pot is still growing.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Then her eyes traveled upward to the man’s arm, still held fast by Cassiopeia’s teeth buried in the coat sleeve.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
