upend
Example Sentences
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The disappearance of small farms has carried steep consequences for rural America, upending the transfer of wealth—long attached to the land—between generations.
A Great North Olympic bid was announced last week with cross-party support from fellow mayors, keen to upend the logic that the International Olympic Committee would only give a UK Games to London.
From BBC
The particular financial needs of a factory also upend business as usual for developers and real estate funders.
From Los Angeles Times
The survey is the latest evidence that the raids upended parts of the Los Angeles economy as some residents here illegally went underground and employers lost workers amid the arrests.
From Los Angeles Times
In the past few weeks, one sector after another—software, wealth management, data, insurance, real estate and trucking—has sold off because new AI tools threatened to upend their business.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
