upwards of
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In several markets reviewed by Elevance, surgeons performing spinal procedures are typically reimbursed $7,000 to $12,000, while out-of-network neurologists remotely monitoring them are winning upwards of $40,000 in arbitration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Those that exceed the limit are charged a tariff upwards of 300%.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
With stadium tickets priced upwards of $1,200, Briggs’ family was entirely priced out of going to a live game.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
“Quickly telephone to Helmholtz Watson.” “. . . upwards of five thousand kilometres of fencing at sixty thousand volts.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
