upwards
upward
/ (ˈʌpwədz) /
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.
Not surprisingly, rates for recovery vary enormously, from as low as three percent to upwards of 75 percent.
Yet the undocumented population remains upwards eleven million.
Legal but Still Poor: The Economic Consequences of Amnesty | Joel Kotkin | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt its height in the 1920s, Terry noted, the Klan wielded real political influence, boasting a membership upwards of four million.
The Klan’s Call to Violence in Ferguson Blows the Lid Off Its Hypocritical Rebrand | Caitlin Dickson | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCurrently, 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 MunsellThe 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 HamiltonA 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 HamiltonThe 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 TrevithickThe 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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