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upendedadjective
turned up on end
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upended
Upended generally refers to a state of being turned or set on its end or upside down. It can also mean to disrupt or unsettle something dramatically or to defeat someone or something decisively. The term is often used to describe situations, objects, or structures that have been dramatically altered or changed from their usual or intended state or position.
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ended up
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of upended in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of upended in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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As I often said during my campaign for president, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana, sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit.
There's definitely a simmering rage in Maine and across the country ... and LePage upended that. I think what Trump is doing on a national scale is similar except obviously it has broader implications.
I don't think many knew that Michigan would snap back 91 years to a law that would render this pro-choice state one of the most extreme in the country, no exceptions for rape, no exception for incest. This is how serious this moment is and how dramatic lives could be upended in Michigan.
Globally and nationally, I think we're at a similar place now, norms are being upended and questioned. People don't want to return to old ways.
From the outset, Democrats made clear their intentions of leveraging an activist judiciary to seize political gain despite the Republican-led legislature’s open, transparent, constitutional process, the NCGOP looks forward to another open, constitutional process for the legislature to redraw these maps and sincerely hope the constitutional order is not upended yet again by Democrats writing policy from the bench.
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