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upgrade

[uhp-grayd, uhp-grayd, uhp-grayd, uhp-grayd] / ˈʌpˌgreɪd, ˈʌpˈgreɪd, ʌpˈgreɪd, ˈʌpˌgreɪd /


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Luckily, just a small upgrade changed her mind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Sandisk and Lumentum recover some ground Monday, while CoreWeave falls despite a Goldman Sachs upgrade as AI financing concerns linger.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The clinic took up my claim, bringing a class-action lawsuit challenging the Army’s handling of discharge upgrade applications.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

With Sur’s upgrade, he’s now part of the majority.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 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

Meeting the electricity demands of large new data centres often requires major infrastructure upgrades, adding to connection delays.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The money will go towards 14 schemes across England, including new urgent care centres, ambulance fleets and upgrades to emergency departments.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Once the build-out is complete in a few years, capital spending will drop drastically, as maintenance, repair and upgrades are cheaper than a whole new building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The AI video unit of Kuaishou officially launched Kling 4.0 on Thursday with upgrades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

I used them whenever the Vonnegut needed repairs or upgrades.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The IMF this week upgraded its world economic outlook, citing unexpected "resilience" in economic growth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

DHL Group DHL 0.90%increase; up pointing triangle upgraded its outlook for 2026 on the back of positive momentum and prospects of a strong seasonal peak in the last quarter of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The ONS also upgraded its estimate for June's monthly growth to 0.4% from 0.3%.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Powered by Nintendo's Switch 2 console, the remake features far richer environments, upgraded textures and more detailed character models.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Close enough to the rest of the class not to be considered missing, but far enough away that Ms. Chenoweth couldn’t see their upgraded lunch.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

It said the government reformed the Electronic Communications Code because the cost of accessing land was becoming a "significant barrier" to building and upgrading the mobile networks across the UK.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

Bass embraced the $2.6-billion plan for upgrading the Los Angeles Convention Center, saying it would create much-needed jobs and breathe new life into downtown’s economy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Somebody else takes care of the upgrading and maintenance.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman


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