upward of

phrase

more than

“Police believe that upward of 30 local burglaries may have been carried out by the suspects.”

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Meanings

phrase
  1. more than

    Police believe that upward of 30 local burglaries may have been carried out by the suspects.

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    I have been your wife in this obedience / Upward of twenty years.

    1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]
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APA

upward of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upward%20of

MLA

“upward of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upward%20of. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upward of,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upward%20of.

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