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up

[uhp] / ʌp /
PREPOSITION
situated above
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WEAK


PREPOSITION
moving from the earth
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WEAK
VERB
elevate
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ADJECTIVE
next in turn
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Britain’s harvest may be the smallest on record, driving up already high food prices, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, a U.K. nonprofit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

"Sonia's stock answer would be that it would be up to my children to decide whether to join politics," says Kidwai.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Gold futures eased back from the three-month highs reached early this week after PCE inflation—a consumer price gauge favored by the Fed—picked up in July.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

She listened to competing arguments, gathered information and then made up her own mind.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

We know she was a devout Catholic who grew up in the Philippines, was confined in leprosariums for much of her life, and died in the United States.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Nine out of 10 of the most popular stocks for hedge funds are megacap tech companies and the ups and downs of the AI sector still drive their performance, their leverage and their positioning.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Hills Meadow Car Park will be the dedicated area for drop offs and pick ups and people attending the festival can either walk to the site or use free shuttle buses.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Before starting the role, the executive traveled to the company’s headquarters to introduce himself to rank-and-file employees in addition to higher ups.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Through years of typical relationship ups and downs, our attraction to each other has hardly wavered.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Kelly modeled George with a book, and shot close- ups of the spaces between her fingers.

From "George" by Alex Gino

That was later upped to £500, in 1985, in large part due to the popularity of the Monster Raving Loony Party.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Do you feel like you’ve upped the ante —

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Our writer has upped his steps from 10,000 a day to 13,000.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

With new entries from Citigroup and Robinhood Markets, and updated cards from American Express and JPMorgan Chase, companies have upped the ante on perks—and raised the price of admission.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

He’d just upped our game like a boss.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

As AI-assisted answering, deepfakes and fraudulent candidates complicate hiring, companies are upping their screening tactics to make sure job seekers really know what they’re talking about and are who they say they are.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

"Our work reveals how a lack of arginine interferes with the immune system, and suggests that upping arginine intake could prove beneficial," says first author Qiushuang Wu, a postdoc in the lab.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

David Naranjo of market research firm Counterpoint said he expected other PC and tablet brands would follow Apple by upping their costs.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Arcuri said he could also see the chip maker upping its share-repurchase commitment to the neighborhood of $150 billion over the next 12 months.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

There are ayes and yahs mixed in, upping the hype.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas




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