UPSWEEPING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

upsweeping

verb

present participle of upsweep

as in ascending

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There’s All-WNBA guard Allisha Gray’s quest for a title and Golden State’s Gabby Williams’ ascending stardom.

— Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Peter Nagy, an artist who became a star of the East Village in 1980s New York before ascending as one of India’s leading art dealers in the 1990s, has died at 67.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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Noah Seelam | Afp | Getty Images Fund outflows and a rising energy bill are expected to keep putting pressure on India's rupee, even as the central bank works to slow depreciation.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
John Fogerty, rising singer-songwriter Emma Ogier, and others are slated to open on select dates.

— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026

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The mounting crisis comes as Saudi Arabia's military reported two deaths in a helicopter crash near its southern border with Yemen.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
In a research report published Sunday, the firm highlighted mounting doubts around artificial intelligence sector and weakness beyond the broader market's surface.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

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Bills and costs keep climbing, and households are being forced to stretch budgets that were already tight.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
The initial shock of this freak accident is well-handled, notably when Jay tries to scramble up the whale’s jawline by climbing its teeth.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

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Until then, omitting leap seconds will make our digital infrastructure easier to manage and less prone to bugs or service outages arising from a leap second discontinuity.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
The change won’t be noticed by most of us, and switching to continuous time will be easier for our digital infrastructure—there will be much less risk of bugs or service outages arising from a leap second discontinuity.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

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