elevate

Confirmation can elevate the official; it cannot ratify the paper.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

“We’re going to elevate the experience that we’re offering our customers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

“I want to just try to help elevate other guys and the playmakers that we have here.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

"As we elevate everywhere else in our career, with the vocals, the music, the appearance, we also want to elevate the music videos and the dance," Douglas explains.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Now that I was going to wear red, white, and blue in competitions, I felt even more pressure to elevate my skills and become the best fencer I could.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

It then sidles up to a smaller U.S. government jet and elevates its container once again, presumably letting Trump board unnoticed.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Mr. Ogilvy, who was educated at Oxford and later became a chef, writes in propulsive prose that elevates this, his first book, above a simple history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The Ocean of Peace alliance elevates Fiji to one of Australia's few treaty allies and binds each nation to come to the other's "mutual defence".

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

But it’s his interplay with the few hundred folks in the room that elevates the recording to a deeply moving piece of art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

She values my success in school, but only because it elevates her social status.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Sure, there’s slightly more concern than a couple of months ago, but the bond market’s expectation of inflation, known as the break-even rate, isn’t particularly elevated and remains close to the Fed’s 2% goal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Under the second scenario, if inflation remained elevated due to strong AI-related spending, the conflict in the Middle East and the effects of tariffs, “most” officials said some rate hikes would likely be needed.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Keeping blood pressure under control is a key part of managing the disease because elevated blood pressure can speed up this damage.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

As well as hiking the cost of motor fuel, elevated global oil prices can lead to price rises across the board as companies pass the higher expenses they face to consumers, pushing up inflation.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Keeping his bleeding hand elevated, Harry scraped the fragments of cup together with the other hand and threw them into the already crammed bin just visible inside his bedroom door.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Some are reinventing the distinctly American fare with international flavors, while others are elevating it—sometimes quite literally—to a fine-dining level, with prices to match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Leslie Vooris shares some recommendations for elevating your drinking experience by investing in fancy glassware.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe’ is a wildly different series from ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and its prequels, elevating Kevin Sussman, Brian Posehn, Lauren Lapkus and John Ross Bowie to leads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

You look at United and Delta, which I think have done a really nice job of elevating the communications, the technology, premiumization of that experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

I had read some of the classic Greek plays in prison, and found them enormously elevating.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela