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had upped

  • past perfect of up.

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Berkshire farmer Tom Copas welcomed the news and said the industry had upped its biosecurity and was much better prepared than last year.

From BBC Oct. 19, 2023

Fain said on Friday the union would not expand the Detroit Three strikes, citing progress in talks, including that Ford had upped its proposed wage hike to 23% through early 2028.

From Reuters Oct. 9, 2023

He had already tried and failed treatment with those drugs at lower doses, and it was Loftus who had upped the doses, leading to his remission from severe colitis.

From Salon Feb. 2, 2023

By the end of Thursday, they had upped that number to 19, Tate-Techtmann said.

From Washington Post Nov. 18, 2022

Inns on the route had upped their rates; ferrymen were charging extra to transport people and carriages across rivers.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy