upwards of
adverb
variants
or less commonly upward of
: more than : in excess of
they cost upwards of $25
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Popular on Variety Bogie’s mother, Maud Humphrey, was a suffragette and quite a famous — and well paid — illustrator from the turn of the 20th century into the 1920s, earning upwards of $50,000 a year during the Great Depression.
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Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
For consumers, Christmas trees this holiday season will average around $80 to upwards of $100, compared with $75 in 2023 and in line with the previous year's figures, according to the group.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
This can culminate in upwards of a hundred terabytes of data in the form of images per day.
—Carlos Melendez, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Senior flight attendants are paid upwards of $100,000 a year.
—Morgan Smith, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
For consumers, Christmas trees this holiday season will average around $80 to upwards of $100, compared with $75 in 2023 and in line with the previous year's figures, according to the group.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
This can culminate in upwards of a hundred terabytes of data in the form of images per day.
—Carlos Melendez, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Senior flight attendants are paid upwards of $100,000 a year.
—Morgan Smith, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Upwards of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upwards%20of. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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