as in upturn
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Recent Examples of upswing
There are also a ton of teams in the Eastern Conference — Columbus, Ottawa and Montreal among them — who appear to be on a durable upswing given the volume of young talent littered across those rosters.
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Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025
Disney’s upswing, owing in part to this year’s three billion-dollar movie blockbusters (Inside Out 2, Deadpool & Wolverine and Moana 2), was mirrored by a rise in the shares of exhibition or exhibition-adjacent companies.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
First is that the NHL has been on an upswing, at least relative to its winter-sports competition in North America.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
That upswing can be attributed to COOs’ operational chops and their penchant for holding an assortment of roles before their CEO elevation.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025
Disney’s upswing, owing in part to this year’s three billion-dollar movie blockbusters (Inside Out 2, Deadpool & Wolverine and Moana 2), was mirrored by a rise in the shares of exhibition or exhibition-adjacent companies.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
First is that the NHL has been on an upswing, at least relative to its winter-sports competition in North America.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
That upswing can be attributed to COOs’ operational chops and their penchant for holding an assortment of roles before their CEO elevation.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upswing
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Although the fertility rate in neighboring South Korea rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, thanks to measures to spur young people to marry and have children, the trend in Japan has yet to show an upturn.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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City have been struggling for nearly four months and there is still no upturn in sight.—
Sam Lee,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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Jessie Montgomery, Carlos Simon, Huang Ruo, and other nonwhite composers benefitted from an upsurge of performances.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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In the 1890s, amid the convulsive changes of the industrial era and an upsurge in labor conflict and farmers’ political organizing, nearly four million African Americans were stripped of their voting rights.—
Suzanne Mettler,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Aug. 2020
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Social Security Administration leadership upheaval The Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is not a federal department.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2025
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Of course, the underlying conditions that created a seismic social upheaval to which those individuals and institutions are responding did not materialize overnight.—
Noah Rothman,
National Review,
27 Feb. 2025
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Together they are designed to provide the 8.8 million pounds of thrust to propel Orion to deep-space destinations.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2025
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The movie, full of extraordinary footage, returns us to that moment when the promise of space carried a spiritual thrust.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
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Yet a bare majority of S & P 500 stocks are in an uptrend and key macro bellwethers such as small-caps and industrials are back below Election Day levels.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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Only Washington has shown an uptrend in new benefits filings.—
Dan Burns,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Upswing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upswing. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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