higher

Example Sentences

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That would signal that the index might finally be ready to start moving higher again after months of going sideways, as MarketWatch reported last week.

From MarketWatch

Lenders will always choose the higher score so they can make more mortgages to risky borrowers—and at lower rates.

From The Wall Street Journal

The challenge for a Scotland side who've never finished higher than third in the Six Nations era is to replicate that form elsewhere in the competition -- starting away to strugglers Wales next weekend.

From Barron's

But it’s a mistake to read this episode as evidence that moral standards are just that much higher in the land of sticky toffee pudding and the BBC Proms.

From Salon

Youth unemployment officially stands around 15%, though many analysts believe the real number is higher.

From Barron's