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Recent Examples of upwardly
Don’t be astonished if Honeywell upwardly revises its earnings forecasts later in the year.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
High-end apparel maker Ralph Lauren also turned up on the screen as a stock that’s seen upwardly revised earnings estimates.
—Davis Giangiulio,christopher Hayes, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
The Lincolnshire club had been locked in a spiral of decline in recent times — going from the second-tier Championship to National League North in the space of 12 years, amid financial chaos — but are now upwardly mobile once more, having won promotion back to the National League last season.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
High-end apparel maker Ralph Lauren also turned up on the screen as a stock that’s seen upwardly revised earnings estimates.
—Davis Giangiulio,christopher Hayes, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
The Lincolnshire club had been locked in a spiral of decline in recent times — going from the second-tier Championship to National League North in the space of 12 years, amid financial chaos — but are now upwardly mobile once more, having won promotion back to the National League last season.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upwardly
Adverb
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Processions of awestruck people from all over the world—selfie-taking women in saris, chatty Mexican children, grinning Hare Krishna—marched along a paved path, heads craned upward toward the water.—
Alice Gregory,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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Going to space is harsh on the human body, and as a new study from our research team finds, the brain shifts upward and backward and deforms inside the skull after spaceflight.—
Rachael Seidler,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Two drones buzzed overhead, and a chopper was up.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Just up ahead, a slowpoke chugging along in the left lane.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Upwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upwardly. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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