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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So are new signs suggesting that OpenAI is growing more slowly that expected, further easing the perceived threat that AI will upend the software sector.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Oil prices aside, investors are also worried that pioneering AI offerings from Anthropic and OpenAI will upend businesses in software and other sectors.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
The sort of capabilities, he added, that will upend “basically every industry.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
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
