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as in increased
being at a higher level than average
the level of the lake is up this spring
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as in finished
brought or having come to an end
okay, time is up
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as in acquainted
having information especially as a result of study or experience
she's always up on the latest developments in fashion
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as in to increase
to make greater in size, amount, or number
climbing fuel prices have forced the delivery company to up its prices
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as in to lift
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
upped the catboat's sail
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as in to rise
to move or extend upward
the road constantly ups and downs as it makes its way over the hills
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as in rise
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Recent Examples of up
Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024
Its shares are up more than 5% this month as investors have piled into the stock since Pony AI debuted on the Nasdaq on Nov. 27 through an initial public offering, which raised approximately $260 million and priced the company at $13 per share.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
John Navin, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
Club holding Nvidia is trying to make a stand here with its first up day of the week, and Meta Platforms is higher after a tough stretch, but the rest of the megacap tech stocks are trading lower.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 18 July 2024
Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
After that Ronald Reagan (10 points), George H.W. Bush (eight), and Bill Clinton (6.5) won the White House comfortably, with Reagan and Clinton upping their margins in their successful re-election fights.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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Profits at David Beckham Ventures Ltd., which comprises the majority of David Beckham’s brand partnership and licensing revenues, saw double-digit percent gains for the period, up 17.9 percent to $37.5 million, from $31.8 million a year ago.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 30 Dec. 2024
Its shares are up more than 5% this month as investors have piled into the stock since Pony AI debuted on the Nasdaq on Nov. 27 through an initial public offering, which raised approximately $260 million and priced the company at $13 per share.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
The heaviness of the buying volume tends to offer confirmation of the up move.
—John Navin, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
Club holding Nvidia is trying to make a stand here with its first up day of the week, and Meta Platforms is higher after a tough stretch, but the rest of the megacap tech stocks are trading lower.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 18 July 2024
Verb
This is not a case of just upping the resolution to 4K and calling it a day.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
After that Ronald Reagan (10 points), George H.W. Bush (eight), and Bill Clinton (6.5) won the White House comfortably, with Reagan and Clinton upping their margins in their successful re-election fights.
—Bruce J. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for up
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Not only due to the increased and amazing visual fidelity on display, which makes a huge difference towards the end of the film, but also all the extras and trinkets this set comes with.Ollie Barder, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Here's everything to know about SpaceX's Starship plans and what increased testing may mean: A year in space exploration:From Starship tests to Starliner woes, recapping biggest missions of 2024 When is the next Starship test?Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
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The 22-year-old Gerard Martin has struggled to keep up with the pace of La Liga when playing at left-back, while 18-year-old Hector Fort is a promising talent but far from the finished product and can be erratic at times.Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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The real challenge will be the remedies, which could expand to finished products using these chips.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Linklater was very acquainted with the real life story of Gary Johnson.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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But there’s no prettier place to become acquainted with some of Canada’s most influential artists: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, a collective of landscape painters who rose to fame in the early 20th century with their romantic depictions of Canadian nature.Ingrid K. Williams, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
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Triller’s entry onto NASDAQ and its substantial backers has earned it increasing attention.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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The randomized hybrid arrangement was so successful — reducing turnover and increasing satisfaction among both employees and managers — that the skeptical company decided to expand the program to all employees.Sarah Green Carmichael, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
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Still, he’s pushed Trump to adopt a 3-3-3 strategy, lifted from the playbook of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who revitalized his country’s economy in the 2010s.Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
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From the Panthers building a 3-0 series lead to the Oilers responding to force Game 7 to the Panthers lifting the Cup to the all chaos in between, Altmann and Blankenship broadcast it all.Scott Powers, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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As conflicts intensified in places like Gaza and Lebanon, Myanmar, Syria and elsewhere in 2024, the number of children displaced by conflict and violence is also expected to keep rising beyond the 2023 year-end total of 47.2 million.Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Yet between 2007 and 2017, when Mr. Correa left office, the country’s overall energy generation capacity rose about 60 percent, according the Ministry of Energy and Mines.José María León Cabrera, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Yet other than some progress in modernizing corporate Japan, Abe did little with his nearly eight-year stint to keep pace with an ascendent China.William Pesek, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Despite the expansion of China's decades-old one-child policy to two children in 2016 and three children in 2021, progress has been elusive in the face of changing attitudes among younger generations, the rising cost of living in major cities, and the uncertainties of China's economic slowdown.David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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The clip pans from their feet upward, capturing their full bodies before finally revealing their stark height difference.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Through a period of trial and error that lasted many months, staff designed a shield to retrofit each light and prevent its glow from emanating upward onto the sky.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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