Upends

Word UPENDS
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Definitions and meanings of "Upends"

What do we mean by upends?

To end up; to set on end.

To tip or turn over.

To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.

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The word "upends" in example sentences

It may feel like your calling upends your ego's plans for your life. ❋ Tara Sophia Mohr (2011)

Christensen made a name for himself in the late nineties with The Innovator's Dilemma, a book that explains his theory of disruptive innovation -- the process through which a simple new product or service upends established industries. ❋ Sean McManus (2011)

Nathan Myhrvold's 2,400-page 'Modernist Cuisine' upends everything you thought you knew about cooking. ❋ Katy McLaughlin (2011)

Economically, it upends some pretty basic, common sense fiscal logic that could, potentially, worsen an unemployment situation that can't get any worse unless it's an official depression no one wants to announce. ❋ Charles D. Ellison (2010)

As long as I'm thinking about these questions, I'll note George and the Dragon as a great picture book that's entirely based on classic European tropes/clichés, but upends them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Iggulden, for all his martial virtues, too rarely upends our expectations. ❋ Allan Mallinson (2011)

At the same time that Google invests in programming and upends the way entertainment is created, it has signaled it is willing to pay large sums to license it. ❋ Amir Efrati (2011)

Just then, Kurt, the youngest of our three adopted ex-research chimps, waddles into the kitchen and upends a box of cereal, leaving a pyramid-shaped pile of Shreddies on the table. ❋ Tim Dowling (2010)

Carrie in "Carrie" (Sissy Spacek): This girl geek doesn't just turn the tables — she upends the entire friggin 'prom. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the same time, the chef upends local traditions: In a country where meat is ubiquitous, her restaurant is vegetable-focused, though not strictly vegetarian. ❋ Katy McLaughlin (2012)

The likable cast also features Michelle Dockery as eldest daughter Mary and Dan Stevens as a solicitor who upends the status quo. — Jeff Gemmill ❋ Unknown (2011)

The finding upends a widely-held scientific belief that modern humans originated in east Africa. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mr. Ackermann's decision upends a careful compromise regarding the bank's leadership, intended to ensure continuity during the succession process, something many within the bank supported when the decision was made to appoint Anshu Jain , the bank's India-born, London-based head of investment banking, and Germany head Jürgen Fitschen as co-CEOs. ❋ Laura Stevens (2011)

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