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upended

  • past participle
    of upend.
    upend
    verb (used with object)
    to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
  • past tense form
    of upend.
    upend
    verb (used with object)
    to set on end, as a barrel or ship.

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Airbus kept to its target of delivering a record 870 commercial aircraft this year, beating the 863 it handed over to airlines in 2019 before the Covid pandemic upended the industry.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Western traditions of symmetry and notions of linear time are upended.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The rally in consumer staples also upended a longstanding market dynamic.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

The rapid advancement of AI has upended countless assumptions about what tasks are best performed by people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The old man was sitting on an upended box; on one side of his head, the hair was quite short; on the other, still shaggy.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover