as in inspiring
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as in upturn
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as in lifting
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
a mountain range that was uplifted millions of years ago by the collision of continental plates
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Recent Examples of uplifting
Oliver Kay, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
More uplifting news below to get you to the weekend!
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Special activities, such as going to a concert or getting a pedicure, can be uplifting and cathartic to your energy and vibes.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 18 Dec. 2025
This year, however, the film’s uplifting message about the power of love will take on a much sadder tone following the heartbreaking news of the passing of director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, on December 14.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2025
Silly by Psilly Goose Silly is a non-alcoholic social drink made with juicy passionfruit and mango, blended with kanna and lion’s mane for a light, uplifting buzz.
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Pantone will be touting the uplifting message of Cloud Dancer all year long by spotlighting artists who will reimagine it in their own work.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2025
Join the concerts to begin Advent with uplifting music and scriptures, celebrating the coming birth of Jesus.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2025
And all the uplifting ways to look at things.
—Sabrina Impacciatore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
From career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2026
The touring Black stage plays of the ’90s and ’00s, sometimes called the urban theater circuit, mixed gospel and R&B music with uplifting comedy and Christian values.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
Sessions feature top local jazz musicians, space for personal connection and uplifting themes.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Suddenly, Ready says, inflammatory, negative content fell down the algorithmic rankings, while wellness, self-help and uplifting content became the most popular Pinterest posts.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2026
The Moon is uplifting Chiron, smoothing over any rough edges in your 2nd House of Wealth.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
All proceeds from Highgrove products support the work of The King's Foundation, his charity dedicated to sustainability and uplifting young people.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
This year’s 1497 Features Lab was supported by ShivHans Pictures, which is also committed to uplifting underrepresented voices and nurturing new perspectives in storytelling.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
After three games without a goal, to put in a performance like that, with a depleted team, was a fitting end to an uplifting year for David Moyes and his players.
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The transition to the E-130J reflects a broader trend in uplifting legacy strategic communication systems to platforms that can better accommodate evolving technology, threats, and mission requirements.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for uplifting
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Government responses to homelessness have been anything but inspiring.—
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These kind of creative environments are so incredibly inspiring to me.—
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This week saw Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos descending on the Eternal City to announce the streaming giant’s plans to help revive a storied cinema, as well as a host of international TV executives mooting the possibility of an upturn that could pull the global drama biz out of its recent doldrums.—
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Under Brown’s leadership, McLaren has seen a dramatic upturn in fortunes in F1, winning the constructors’ championship for the last two years.—
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In 2024, in first (partial) year in his new no-heavy-lifting sinecure, Lowy pocketed $351,050.—
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With the shot clock running down, Lopez swung the ball back to the other side, with Sanders waiting to retrieve it after lifting from the corner.—
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But the Drama is also equally thrilling and edifying, much like the experience of witnessing Cardi’s rise and watching her maneuver celebrity, heartbreak and beef at the highest level.—
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But Nelson’s point seems to be that all efforts to reproduce the natural world, whether motivated by crassly commercial interests or ones that are, ostensibly, more edifying, are much alike in the end.—
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This allows robots to use power for thrust when needed and deploy wings to glide when conserving battery.—
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This is likewise the thrust of Salò, based on the Marquis de Sade’s The 120 Days of Sodom, an orgiastic, disturbing carnival of torture, rape, and killing, reset by Pasolini in the town from which fascism reigned in the 1940s.—
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The responsibility of elevating figure skating.—
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Two of his followers were the parents of Kim Il Sung, and Cheng tracks how a family’s faith and American proselytizing became the roots of Kimilsungism, the ideology elevating the rulers of North Korea to a nearly deified state of veneration.—
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Among the more moving cases that Blair describes are those of people who in life were vulnerable and powerless but in death were considered formidable threats.—
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The offense is considered a non-moving violation with no license points, though vehicles can be towed in some cases.—
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Yardeni included a chart of durable goods inflation to show just how much tariffs have added to the pain in the pocketbook, the first upsurge since pandemic-era inflation driven by supply-chain constraints.—
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Rents for existing residents had been rising faster than the city average, and an upsurge in evictions followed.—
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“Uplifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uplifting. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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