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• r  spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
  the fragments flew upwards
  prices soared upwards
• r  to a later time

• Whereas fashion expects an image to be constantly updated, Prada reportedly sank upwards of $100 million into projects that are supposed to be permanent, if not immutable: her .
• The Innespace Sea Breacher is designed to jump, dive, roll and rocket across water at upwards of 30 m.
• The UV-resistant, stretchy swimsuits start at $90 and have found upwards of 6,000 buyers--most of them online--in locations as varied as Malaysia, South Africa, Mexico, Ireland and .

• up
• upward
• upwardly

• down
• downwards
• downward
• downwardly

News & Articles

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• Small And Growing Businesses Are A Key To Our Job Problems
  In both developing and mature economies, small and growing businesses (SGBs) struggle with three problems —access to industry, small initial capital, and strong human resources. In my own research I’ve found this, and ANDE’s latest impact report confirms this and more. SGBs can be defined as businesses able to grow beyond a small business meant for livelihood and able to employ staff upwards of ...
  June 13, 2013 - Forbes
• Retail ETFs Holding Near Highs After Sales Data Offers Encouragement
  Stocks kicked off today’s session with a rally thanks to encouraging M&A activity along with upbeat economic data. Shares of Safeway (SWY) popped upwards of 8% as the bellwether U.S. grocery chain announced ...
  June 13, 2013 - ETF Database via Yahoo! Finance
• Dollar Strength Pulls Stocks Up
  The dollar recovered pulling stocks upwards as Facebook investors grumble at the shareholding meeting. Game console wars have begun.        
  June 12, 2013 - TheStreet.com

Quotes

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• Edmund Hillary in USA Today
  We drew closer together as Tenzing brought in the slack on the rope. I continued cutting a line of steps upwards. Next moment I had moved onto a flattish exposed area of snow with nothing by space in every direction,Hillary wrote. "Tenzing...
• Michael Phelps in Colorado Springs Gazette
  It's been nothing but an upwards roller coaster,Phelps said Saturday night a few minutes after winning his final gold in the 400-meter medley relay. "It's been nothing but fun."
• Ryan Crocker in Allentown Morning Call
  In my judgment, the cumulative trajectory of political, economic and diplomatic developments in Iraq is upwards, although the slope of that line is not steep,Crocker said.