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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
uprate . - adjective That has been given a higher
rating - adjective
upgraded
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Examples
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The vehicles have been uprated and redesigned and have decreased the total number of deaths and fatalities by more then half.
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In the late 1980's when he was social security minister, child benefit had not been uprated for two or three years.
Welfare reform bill: household benefit cap Lords debate - Monday 23 January 2012
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This argument has been used before - last year it was announced that child benefit is not being uprated because "we are all in it together".
Iain Duncan Smith and George Osborne face a battle over increases to benefits 2011
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Falcon-1 is 2/5 and an uprated moded, the Falcon-1e, is in the works.
Another Launch Success for SpaceX and Falcon 1 (video) - NASA Watch 2009
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She added that with PFI payments generally uprated in line with the RPI measure of inflation, which is currently running at 5%, the cost of many PFI-funded projects is rising rapidly at the same time as public sector budgets are being cut.
Private finance initiatives a costly 'drug' to taxpayer, MPs tell chancellor 2011
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A spokesman for Governor Schwarzenegger denied that he was too old to be an action hero, pointing out that Schwarzenegger still works out regularly, and has now had an uprated pacemaker fitted.
Arnie Set for Return to Screens Dungeekin 2009
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If the benefits were only uprated with earnings growth of 2.5% they would lose more than £300.
Linking welfare to inflation protects the poor, says Children's Society 2011
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A spokesman for Governor Schwarzenegger denied that he was too old to be an action hero, pointing out that Schwarzenegger still works out regularly, and has now had an uprated pacemaker fitted.
Archive 2009-02-01 Dungeekin 2009
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It is estimated that with the uprated engines that the TLI mass would have gone to about 125,000 lbs, without changing anything structurally on the bird.
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He also disclosed yesterday that he had "fought long and hard" to prevent benefits being frozen in the budget, and ensure they were uprated.
Welfare crackdown begins with drive to reduce incapacity benefit claims 2010
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