upend
verb (used with object)
to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
will upend
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future tenseof upend.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Helping drive the sector down is the fear that privately held artificial intelligence pioneers Anthropic and OpenAI will upend many companies offering business-to-business software products.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
Software stocks have fallen into a bear market due to investors’ fears that artificial intelligence will upend the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
These tools added to existing investor fears that AI will upend the business models of traditional software companies.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
If the program shuts down, Palafox said it will upend her daughter’s learning — and their lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
It is safe, as we will never meet again, and all ideas of justice will upend in the coming cataclysm.
From The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia by George A. (George Augustine) Taylor
