1
as in increased
to make greater in size, amount, or number
climbing fuel prices have forced the delivery company to up its prices
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2
as in lifted
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
upped the catboat's sail
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as in climbed
to move or extend upward
the road constantly ups and downs as it makes its way over the hills
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Recent Examples of upped
JPMorgan upped its price target on Dell Technologies to $280 from $205 and kept its buy rating.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 May 2026
And after offering $150 million in breaks in 2024, Texas’s comptroller’s office this year upped that number to more than $1 billion annually, a nearly 567% increase in just one year.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 14 May 2026
The price surge also comes after the company already upped its initial public offering.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 14 May 2026
In Season 2, the stakes are upped as the battle for the Central South West television franchise reaches a fever pitch, with the war between Corinium and Venturer entering a dangerous phase.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 May 2026
And then, New Line upped the hype by staging one of the most legendary of Cannes parties, high on a hill at the Château Castellaras.
—Gregg Kilday, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
The hotels and resorts have significantly upped their game, bringing in chefs that want to be creative and put Orlando on the culinary map, while striving to impress the tastes of Orlando’s tens of millions of global visitors.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
The weather cleared in the second half as the Pride upped the pressure.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
Starr had initially planned to only sing a line or two, but McCartney upped the ante, asking him to come on for a full duet.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 May 2026
And after offering $150 million in breaks in 2024, Texas’s comptroller’s office this year upped that number to more than $1 billion annually, a nearly 567% increase in just one year.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 14 May 2026
The price surge also comes after the company already upped its initial public offering.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 14 May 2026
In Season 2, the stakes are upped as the battle for the Central South West television franchise reaches a fever pitch, with the war between Corinium and Venturer entering a dangerous phase.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 May 2026
And then, New Line upped the hype by staging one of the most legendary of Cannes parties, high on a hill at the Château Castellaras.
—Gregg Kilday, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
The hotels and resorts have significantly upped their game, bringing in chefs that want to be creative and put Orlando on the culinary map, while striving to impress the tastes of Orlando’s tens of millions of global visitors.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
The weather cleared in the second half as the Pride upped the pressure.
—ABC News, 9 May 2026
Starr had initially planned to only sing a line or two, but McCartney upped the ante, asking him to come on for a full duet.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upped
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The lead times for high-voltage transformers, essential for grid interconnection, have increased to as long as four years.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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On Darlene Lane, the flow of contamination increased in late April and continues to seep into their neighbor’s yard.—
Nick Bowlin,
ProPublica,
18 May 2026
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When France lifted the trophy two weeks later, ‘l’episode de l’extincteur’ was held up as a moment that had helped bring the squad closer together.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Masatake Yoshida lifted a sacrifice fly to tie the score at 1-all.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
17 May 2026
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Djena got her backpack and climbed out through the bathroom window, on the second floor.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Dayson reportedly climbed over a fence and dropped into a dry moat surrounding the monkey exhibit at Ichikawa City Zoo outside Tokyo.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Efforts have picked up in recent years to limit ownership, including in Utah, where its Republican governor, Spencer Cox, signed a bill into law that expanded previous foreign restrictions.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
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Brazil’s criminal organizations Comando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital have expanded aggressively across the Amazon over the past decade and now dominate key trafficking corridors linking coca-growing regions in Colombia and Peru to Atlantic ports used to ship cocaine to Europe.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Analysts have raised concerns about concentration risks in South Korea's stock market, with an overreliance on a small group of companies raising the risk of volatility and vulnerability to geopolitical shocks, including a slowdown in data-center spending.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Woldenberg, in response to the tariffs, had implemented a hiring freeze, put off plans to build a new warehouse, and raised the prices of his firm’s products.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Data from travel booking platform TrainPal shows that in April, purchases by UK residents of Eurostar tickets to France jumped 42% month-over-month and rose 25% year-over-year.—
,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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The pair wiped away tears as the audience rose to their feet in applause following the screening.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
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In reaction to the strong Q1 print, TD Cowen analyst Joshua Buchalter reiterated a buy rating on AMD stock and boosted his price target to $500 from $290.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
17 May 2026
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The state’s political ethics watchdog is investigating the campaign of gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer and an influencer who boosted him online for potentially violating a state law on political advertisements.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty The stage was festooned with balloons and a giant image of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to appear in public since being elevated to the position after the killing of his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Are more acute vulnerabilities being exposed by the rise in yields, and will elevated inflation expectations create an undertow to equity valuations?—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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“Upped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upped. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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