Example Sentences

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Some customers were upgrading to more premium all-inclusive packages and booking more expensive cabin seats on long-haul flights to locations such as Dubai, she said.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

The Rams believed they were upgrading when they signed him to a three-year, $46.5 million contract that includes slightly more than $30 million in guarantees, and then promptly traded Robert Woods to the Tennessee Titans.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2022

Yu Zhou Xin Min Sheng Village Bank, Shangcai Huimin Country Bank and Zhecheng Huanghuai Community Bank froze all deposits on April 18, with all three telling customers they were upgrading internal systems.

From Reuters • May 18, 2022

When I left my apartment yesterday morning, it was full of workers who were upgrading various electrical situations in an effort to make them safer.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2015

OK, so the idea in this report is that somehow, truck drivers in Las Vegas found out that hedge fund managers in Greenwich CT were upgrading from Gulfstreams to 737s.

From Forbes • Aug. 25, 2014