going up

Example Sentences

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“Even just tasks like going up and down the stairs are so much easier now,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

“Early onset breast cancer” — diagnosed before age 50 — “is going up the fastest among Asian Americans,” Gomez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

“Prices for food are going up, so that’s impacting dating, too,” she told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

"My doctor wanted me to go up to the next dose, but going up to the next dose meant increasing my cost, and I couldn't afford to do it," she told the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Except she wasn’t going up to Mrs. Caruthers’s room.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland