Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A term used, as synonymous with upcast, upraise, and uptake or riser, for a duct or tube or channel within which the flow of the contained fluid is upward from below.
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Examples
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Octoberist maybe they do need to cast somebody new or an upcomer of some sort.
Rumor Killer: The Rock NOT Cast in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | /Film 2009
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Save for the neon yellow and pink T-shirts at Martine Rose, another upcomer fostered by MAN, and the pink and lilac trousers yes, really at JW Anderson, currently the fashion pack's wonderkid after his sophomore womenswear show last week, there wasn't a whole lot of sun in these summer collections.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Save for the neon yellow and pink T-shirts at Martine Rose, another upcomer fostered by MAN, and the pink and lilac trousers yes, really at JW Anderson, currently the fashion pack's wonderkid after his sophomore womenswear show last week, there wasn't a whole lot of sun in these summer collections.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Save for the neon yellow and pink T-shirts at Martine Rose, another upcomer fostered by MAN, and the pink and lilac trousers yes, really at JW Anderson, currently the fashion pack's wonderkid after his sophomore womenswear show last week, there wasn't a whole lot of sun in these summer collections.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Kendrick looks poised, like the sophisticated, serious upcomer she is.
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Rosamund Pike and upcomer Daniel Kaluuya have signed on for "Johnny English Reborn."
'Body Snatchers' star dies; Oscar seating lottery starts - The Dish Rag - Zap2it 2010
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Rosamund Pike and upcomer Daniel Kaluuya have signed on for "Johnny English Reborn."
From Inside the Box 2010
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