Upward in example sentence

While poverty has decreased slightly since 1994, inequality has vaulted upward, fueled by extreme unemployment, state incapacity, corruption, and affirmative-action policies skewed toward the upper reaches of the economy (not to mention the pernicious legacy of apartheid).

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This upward ascension can happen even in the face of extreme physical challenges.

That, much as the gravitational pull of the Earth slows the ascent of an apple tossed upward, the gravitational pull of each galaxy on every other must be slowing the expansion of space.

That's like tossing an apple upward and it goes up faster and faster.

So that pool of water is sending out its heat upward towards the atmosphere.

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