upwards
Britishadverb
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from a lower to a higher place, level, condition, etc
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towards a higher level, standing, etc
Example Sentences
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There were some coins that took upwards of 20 minutes to remove, he said, adding others "popped out very quickly".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
CoreWeave expects to end the year with upwards of 1.85 gigawatts of active power, up from a previous outlook of 1.7GW,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Volozh noted that the company “closed four landmark deals” within its artificial-intelligence cloud business during the quarter, and they had an average total contract value upwards of $1 billion each.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
“We’ve got to allow ourselves to build outwards, not just upwards, and we’ve got to end the bias against single family homes,” Hilton said at a March forum hosted by the California Assn. of Realtors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
All at once he wheeled about and flew upwards, perching at the entrance to his nest-hole in the stunted oak.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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