upswing

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Recent Examples of upswing This jump passed the old record upswing of 47% in April 2009, when the economy was first emerging from the depths of the Great Recession. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025 While shares have given back those earnings gains and then some, Nike has been on a bit of an upswing since last month. Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025 As the young cats find their footing and establish the leaders of the new era, the genre’s veterans are also reaping the rewards of R&B’s 2020s upswing. Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2025 As 2026 approaches, the stakes are high to keep this year’s IPO revival from being just a fleeting upswing in the public markets. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for upswing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upswing
Noun
  • But there’s certainly been a bit of an upturn in form with a few people as well, which is really welcome.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The oversold upturn would be confirmed with upside follow-through from the recent breakout, supporting a more decisive turnaround in 2026.
    Katie Stockton, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Yardeni included a chart of durable goods inflation to show just how much tariffs have added to the pain in the pocketbook, the first upsurge since pandemic-era inflation driven by supply-chain constraints.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The Georgia congresswoman said Trump’s rhetoric had led to an upsurge in threats against her, including an ominous warning of a pipe-bomb attack on her family business.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 18 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The changes to and cancellation of courses comes months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw Texas A&M, one of the largest universities in the country, into upheaval.
    Juan A. Lozano, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The junior point guard loves to throw caution to the wind and insert himself right into the middle of the action, causing upheaval for the opposing team while leaving no stone turned.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The report said that a thrust reverser indicator light wasn’t working before takeoff, but after the plane got into the air, the pilot’s altimeter and some other instruments weren’t working on the left side of the cockpit.
    Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The rocket is the most powerful to ever make it off the pad with nearly 17 million pounds of thrust, almost twice as powerful as the Saturn V rockets used during Apollo as well as NASA’s Space Launch System rocket.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The factors behind this rise include transformative acquisitions, record gate fidelity, strategic global alliances, and a significant capital raise—each element contributing to this extraordinary uptrend.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The stock is still comfortably above a rising 200-day moving average, which has not been seriously tested since the uptrend began.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Upswing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upswing. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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