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uptown

[uhp-toun, uhp-toun] / ˈʌpˈtaʊn, ˈʌpˌtaʊn /












Example Sentences

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This year’s largest stock sale wasn’t on the New York Stock Exchange or its uptown rival, the Nasdaq Stock Market.

From The Wall Street Journal

But I read in the newspaper that Mr. Gorringe is having serious problems moving Cleopatra’s Needle, so I had to go uptown to see what was going on.

From Literature

Hedge fund guys such as himself worked uptown and so exited Grand Central to the north, where taxis appeared haphazardly and out of nowhere to meet them, like farm trout rising to corn kernels.

From Literature

When his work was staged for the uptown set at Lincoln Center, seats emptied.

From Los Angeles Times

On a recent afternoon, he had a copy in his wallet, along with his state ID, as he walked from his uptown apartment in Memphis, Tennessee, to a nearby corner store.

From Salon