upgrade
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While it’s a significant upgrade on paper, it’d be challenging to commercialize given uniformity issues during mass production, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The federation's general secretary, Matt Cane, said staff had not been told the upgrade included the introduction of Palantir's artificial intelligence technology, appearing to mark its first deployment to monitor Met systems.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Russell's performance compared with that of Antonelli raises further doubts about the efficacy of the Mercedes upgrade introduced in Malaysia.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Former Chief Executive Ynon Kreiz, who spearheaded a campaign to upgrade earnings from Mattel’s intellectual properties, just stepped down amid investor disappointment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
If I lived in the future, could I get an upgrade to make myself as big as Beejee?—but a commercial for Super Smash Mario Brothers came on and diverted Ridge’s attention.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Raymond James upgrades T-Mobile to outperform from market perform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Salesforce stock rises as Bank of America double upgrades the software stock with AI disruption unlikely to occur.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
These upgrades could eventually allow nuclear clocks to outperform existing atomic clocks and establish a new standard for measuring time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
The renovation will include internal work, such as upgrades to the building's mechanical, elevator, electrical and air handling systems.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
With all his security upgrades, Thread has paid little attention to the fence, perhaps feeling harsh weather and wild animals are enough to keep everyone safely inside.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Shorter-term Treasurys are being upgraded to overweight, and long-term Treasurys to neutral, “as higher yields now provide better compensation for interest-rate risk.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
In April, the Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, urged officers to be "extremely cautious" about carrying Met-issued devices while off duty after the force upgraded its Lawful Business Monitoring software.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Brown, a Republican, ended the two-and-a-half-week June standoff by assuring Commerce Department, Pentagon and White House officials that Anthropic understood their security fears and had upgraded its safeguards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Leading economic institutes recently upgraded their growth forecasts for the Germany economy for 2026 to 1.3 percent, saying it had weathered the fallout from the Iran war better than feared.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Or back at the factory, being upgraded so she'll look even taller and bigger and like a sixth grader instead of a fifth grader...
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Production in the construction sector, which expanded over nine percent in August, was being supported by public contracts for upgrading infrastructure, it noted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Keep upgrading your skills and find something about your job that you enjoy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The right signal-caller can almost single-handedly carry a team to the playoff, upgrading walk-ons into superstars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The firm's design has been commissioned for use on two of its three planned routes for upgrading the electricity grid across mid and west Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Somebody else takes care of the upgrading and maintenance.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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