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elevate

[el-uh-vayt, el-uh-vayt, -vit] / ˈɛl əˌveɪt, ˈɛl əˌveɪt, -vɪt /




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Google said the programs are designed to help teachers and school leaders elevate their skills, build community and reimagine instruction so students can have “future-ready” learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Cohen sought to create a CFO position “to elevate public accountability and improve taxpayer trust,” according to a spokesperson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I can’t stand all this plastic trash we elevate above the natural world.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Klopp's style helps to elevate all the members of his squad - not just the most talented.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

By making intentional decisions aligned with your goals and values, leading an active social life and contributing to a cause that elevates your spirit, you’re bound to feel more happy and fulfilled.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Saramago elevates the quest of his menial protagonist through lofty narration, which merges with Senhor José’s own reflections in the journal he begins to keep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

What elevates Mellencamp’s song is the dual consciousness in his raspy vocal: the nagging belief in a dream that, like everything else, “just kind of came and went.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

But perhaps what elevates Pogacar to the top now is his respectful demeanour, paying tribute as he did in Paris to every one of his domestiques by name, before thanking his family.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

He splices a broken line, or pokes a bird’s nest off a boom, or elevates an antenna on struts.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

"It could be just like cholesterol, where people with elevated cholesterol take a drug, a statin, that reduces their risk for heart disease," Bendlin says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

While Kelvin waves are common -- there are five or six during every El Nino -- this one arrives at a delicate time, said Amaya, with sea temperatures already elevated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“When a wind event, Red Flag Warning, low humidity period, or other elevated fire weather is forecasted after a wildland fire, departments should reassess recently controlled fire areas before the weather arrives,” the report said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Last month, he elevated former YouTube executive Adam Smith to chairman of streaming and named Silicon Valley veteran Karandeep Anand as Disney’s chief technology officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

A large portion of the building’s north end collapsed, which in turn caused the failure of an elevated gallery designed to ring the interior of the building.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

“The latest advancements in AI are elevating cybersecurity to the top of the CIO priority list,” CEO Nikesh Arora said in a statement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

He said he is elevating Matt Swanson – removed as scouting director by former general manager Perry Minasian — to oversee all of the Angels’ scouting operations: amateur, professional and international.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

"I was never about keeping people down, I was more about elevating and bringing people up around me."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Home Depot Chief Executive Ted Decker will take a temporary medical leave, and the company is elevating its finance chief and a senior VP to manage the company in the interim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

They'd lived their code—Izzat— fighting for freedom, protecting the innocent, elevating loyalty to their own people above all else.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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