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Example Sentences
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Three of the soldiers killed in the crash were posthumously promoted to the next higher grade, officials said: Sgt.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023
The poll also showed inflation to average 5.2% and 3.0% this year and next, higher than the 5.0% and 2.7% predicted in a July poll.
From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2022
There’s also a polar vortex in the stratosphere, the next higher level of the atmosphere, which is also edged by another, higher-altitude jet stream.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2020
Use n = 217: Always round the answer UP to the next higher integer to ensure that the sample size is large enough.
From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013
He jumped up to the next higher step.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
