upwards

/ ˈʌpwədz /

adverb

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

Example Sentences

Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.

From The Daily Beast

Not surprisingly, rates for recovery vary enormously, from as low as three percent to upwards of 75 percent.

From The Daily Beast

Yet the undocumented population remains upwards eleven million.

From The Daily Beast

At its height in the 1920s, Terry noted, the Klan wielded real political influence, boasting a membership upwards of four million.

From The Daily Beast

Currently, elaborate sex toys, including life-like love dolls, can cost upwards of $6,000.

From The Daily Beast

The entire city was burnt down, and upwards of 200,000 of the inhabitants perished in the flames.

From Project Gutenberg

The last thing—against the skyline—a little column of French soldiers of the line charging back upwards towards the lost redoubt.

From Project Gutenberg

A Naval Officer who has seen her says she is lying in shallow water—6 fathoms—bottom upwards looking like a stranded whale.

From Project Gutenberg

The next sale on Thursday is upwards of 1100 tons, and we expect a little better standard.

From Project Gutenberg

The invested funds of the society to-day amount to upwards of a million, and in 1897 they were £476,000.

From Project Gutenberg