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Recent Examples of upside
Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
But his offensive upside is immense.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
San Antonio Express-News, 6 June 2018
Then, astonishingly, in the open court, after a whistle blew, Heat guard Goran Dragic cuffed Simmons upside the head after Simmons stole the ball from him, and after Simmons already had been fouled by him.
—Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, 24 Apr. 2018
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Noun
The specific qualities of Venezuelan crude could also have an upside, however.
—Preposition
Louisville City slapped the New England Revolution upside the head 2-1.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for upside
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There are some vivid downsides to college sports’ new NIL era, but net-net, things seem so much healthier when much of it comes down to a school’s willingness to spend.—
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But there can be downsides to working the proverbial room as well.—
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Both are strong finishers against the run, and both are capable pass-rushers when called upon.—
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With Villa experiencing an imbalance in the squad, with few wide players to call upon, Guessand has been utilised as a remedy.—
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My visit to Sani Isla had a learning curve.—
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This means that there is a way of stretching the velocity curve in one frame to match the steeper velocity curve in a later frame.—
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The aim is to significantly increase the power density and efficiency of water electrolysis to produce green hydrogen based on noble metal-free catalysts in comparison to current systems.—
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
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Officers in certain other units, such as foot patrol and community resource officers, had been transferred to nightly patrol shifts.—
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The company also highlighted its shift toward a Robot-as-a-Service model, indicating readiness for global commercial deployment rather than experimental use.—
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Since that time, Pratt has dedicated himself to railing against Bass, the Los Angeles City Council, and California Governor Gavin Newsom for their responses to the fires.—
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The Chargers’ schedule includes games against the AFC East and the NFC West, including the Rams.—
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Mahomes threw a red zone interception that went 99 yards the other way for the biggest swing of a Week 5 road defeat to the Jaguars that the Chiefs dominated statistically.—
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Advertisement Marcos Falcone, a policy analyst focusing on Latin America at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, says that the swing in the market response is because, essentially, not much has changed.—
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Investments in controlling invasive species have led to a 75 percent reduction in the area overtaken by melaleuca, a particularly thirsty tree species introduced in the river of grass near the turn of the 20th century to help drain it.—
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For example, data from ordering systems may be used to automatically determine production schedules, which in turn inform equipment maintenance routines, while leaders manage everything remotely from a centralized interface.—
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“Upside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upside. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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