upwards

upward

/ (ˈʌpwədz) /

adverb

from a lower to a higher place, level, condition, etc
towards a higher level, standing, etc

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How to use upwards in a sentence

Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.
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Not surprisingly, rates for recovery vary enormously, from as low as three percent to upwards of 75 percent.
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Yet the undocumented population remains upwards eleven million.
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At its height in the 1920s, Terry noted, the Klan wielded real political influence, boasting a membership upwards of four million.
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Currently, elaborate sex toys, including life-like love dolls, can cost upwards of $6,000.
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The entire city was burnt down, and upwards of 200,000 of the inhabitants perished in the flames.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
The last thing—against the skyline—a little column of French soldiers of the line charging back upwards towards the lost redoubt.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
A Naval Officer who has seen her says she is lying in shallow water—6 fathoms—bottom upwards looking like a stranded whale.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
The next sale on Thursday is upwards of 1100 tons, and we expect a little better standard.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
The invested funds of the society to-day amount to upwards of a million, and in 1897 they were £476,000.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow

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