upwards of
adverb
variants
or less commonly upward of
: more than : in excess of
they cost upwards of $25
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Pima County, home to Tucson, saw just a few sites with lines upwards of 20 minutes.
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The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
By then, other lifeforms had already been converting those same rays into chemical energy for upwards of 3.5 billion years.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Another guiding principle during this process was the influence of Japan, which Gunawan and Wong (who are both originally from Singapore) have visited upwards of 20 times.
—John Wogan, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
That means getting full results often takes upwards of a week.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
By then, other lifeforms had already been converting those same rays into chemical energy for upwards of 3.5 billion years.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Another guiding principle during this process was the influence of Japan, which Gunawan and Wong (who are both originally from Singapore) have visited upwards of 20 times.
—John Wogan, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024
That means getting full results often takes upwards of a week.
—Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Upwards of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upwards%20of. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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