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upwards

/ ˈʌpwədz /

adverb

  1. from a lower to a higher place, level, condition, etc
  2. towards a higher level, standing, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Critics have warned that Trump’s mass deportation plan could cost upwards of $300b.

From BBC

The number of goals scored per game is generally trending upwards.

From BBC

In the “after” photographs of the location, a mark is visible on the glacier - left by the sediment that the giant wave hurled upwards.

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There were children and young people, from nine years old and upwards, who had lost a parent in the armed forces, brought together by the Scotty’s Little Soldiers charity.

From BBC

Compared to 2020 and 2016, it looks like more Latina women voted for Trump this year too, even as upwards of 60 percent cast their ballots for Harris.

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