1
as in honorable
conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue
an honest and upright people
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2
as in honest
following the accepted rules of moral conduct
informing the clerk that he had just given me back too much in change was the only upright thing to do
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3
as in vertical
rising straight up
only one pillar of the ruined temple remained upright
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Recent Examples of upright
Its boxy, upright form is almost identical to Honda's N-One, a kei car with a vintage design, except, of course, the electric powertrain and some styling touches.
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New Atlas, 19 July 2025
Superman’s most poignant fantasy isn’t a morally upright alien savior but the idea that modern journalism, in an era when what the truth is has become a matter of tribalism, can still take down a powerful oligarch.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 17 July 2025
The Forester’s styling hews close to the upright, conservative look that has made the SUV popular for years and helps differentiate it from Subaru’s larger Outback.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 16 July 2025
The cultivar is versatile to boot: It can be grown as a medium-sized upright shrub or trained as a climber.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
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New Atlas, 19 July 2025
Superman’s most poignant fantasy isn’t a morally upright alien savior but the idea that modern journalism, in an era when what the truth is has become a matter of tribalism, can still take down a powerful oligarch.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 17 July 2025
The Forester’s styling hews close to the upright, conservative look that has made the SUV popular for years and helps differentiate it from Subaru’s larger Outback.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 16 July 2025
The cultivar is versatile to boot: It can be grown as a medium-sized upright shrub or trained as a climber.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upright
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Its own sly twist casts Robert Mitchum—the original Cady—as the elderly, honorable police lieutenant Elgart, and Gregory Peck, 1962’s Bowden, as Cady’s defense attorney.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
29 July 2025
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To this attack, some men have responded by lending their support to individuals that embody none of those honorable traits that men aspire to internalize.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
21 July 2025
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This is a great way to spot medical fraud or an honest human error like a miscoding of services.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Rebuilding company trust requires honest leadership, true accountability and a thorough examination of the company’s values — and whether they’re being lived or merely listed on the company website.—
Alyshia Hull,
USA Today,
29 July 2025
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If one looks straight downward from Scorpius one encounters the teapot shape of stars that is Sagittarius; in mid southern latitudes the teapot shape is almost vertical.—
Jesse Emspak,
Space.com,
24 July 2025
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Amazon says its facility has added 130 jobs on the Space Coast since 2024, and ULA has added to the economic impact as well by building out at second vertical integration facility at SLC 41.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 July 2025
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The primary concerns should be whether a lawyer is competent and ethical and whether another state’s licensing processes reasonably assure that.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Aug. 2025
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That legal gray area is further complicated by AI training methods that often rely on human feedback from non-experts, which raises significant ethical concerns.—
Wes Kilgore,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Reeling from scandals in the 1870s, baseball’s owners consciously sought to make the sport respectable by broadening its upper- and middle-class fan-base.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
23 July 2025
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Despite that streak ending, Swag had a more than respectable opening, debuting with 163,000 overall units on 198.77 million streams, per Billboard.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
20 July 2025
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Understudy Bella Brown reportedly stepped in for Zegler for Act 2 and received a standing ovation that lasted nearly five minutes.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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Audiences responded by giving Brown a standing ovation that lasted nearly five minutes.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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And, the embroidery on the pillowcases adds a nice touch.—
Shalwah Evans,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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The units also vary in shape: the cube is nice for nightstands, while the wider grand size works well on large dressers.—
Jamie Fischer,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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Abbey based his characters and their creative, righteous acts of sabotage on the attitudes and actions of his real-life friends, who were outraged at the government’s failure to protect delicate, exquisite public wilderness areas from destructive, uninspired, privatized human sprawl.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Such a war cannot be fought exclusively with precision strikes, the soldiers fighting it cannot be prevented from making terrible mistakes, and war crimes are inevitably committed even in righteous conflicts.—
Ross Douthat,
Mercury News,
31 July 2025
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“Upright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upright. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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