plural upticks
1
: an increase, rise, or upward trend
For the professional middle class in particular, an uptick in innovation and a return to faster economic growth would solve many problems, and likely reignite income growth.—
Don Peck
Don PeckAny near-term uptick in jobs will probably be small, because there's still plenty to be milked from existing workers.—Rana Foroohar
Rana Foroohar2
finance
: a stock market transaction at a price above the last previous transaction in the same security
Hong Kong has long required that stocks can only be sold short on upticks, meaning when the last trade of a specific stock in the market was higher than the preceding trade of that stock.—Martin Fackler and Keith Bradsher
compare downtick sense 2
Martin Fackler and Keith BradsherExamples of uptick in a Sentence
an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year
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Last August, an uptick in Ukrainian attacks affected supplies across multiple regions – but experts say the situation now is much worse.
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Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
6 July 2026
In recent weeks, there’s likely been a slight uptick in financial gain or possessions, Cancer.
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Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
5 July 2026
The day marked a clear uptick in attendance, but those who made it to the fair Friday morning only had a short stay.
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Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
But Black kids in the DMV, who are seeing a small uptick in the number of players that look like them in MLB dugouts after decades of decline, surely take particular pride in what Wood and Abrams do — and rep the Nats hard.
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David Aldridge,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
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Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
6 July 2026
In recent weeks, there’s likely been a slight uptick in financial gain or possessions, Cancer.
—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
5 July 2026
The day marked a clear uptick in attendance, but those who made it to the fair Friday morning only had a short stay.
—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
But Black kids in the DMV, who are seeing a small uptick in the number of players that look like them in MLB dugouts after decades of decline, surely take particular pride in what Wood and Abrams do — and rep the Nats hard.
—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
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“Uptick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptick. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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uptick
noun
up·tick
ˈəp-ˌtik 
: an increase, rise, or upward trend
an uptick in cost
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