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upturn

noun as in improvement

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Because New York City was seeing an upturn in cases and hospitalizations at the time, Mayor Eric Adams was criticized this summer for discontinuing the color-coded warning system for virus transmission.

From Time

Upturn found that in addition to these instances, the technology is also used for minor crimes such as marijuana possession or vandalism.

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But, 2021 saw some dramatic upturns in the prices of natural gas.

More than 560,000 Americans have died of covid-19, and the country has seen an upturn in infections in the past week.

The upturn has alarmed policymakers just as students return to school and offices try to bring back employees who have been working from home.

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If your 11-year-old mocks you by making a cawing voice, upturn his dinner plate and mock his mocking voice.

But those most dramatically affected by the “amazing” upturn are people who write comic novels and blog for The Daily Beast.

He was just in time to catch the quick upturn of a passing face.

In the void Glancing, his tail upturn'd its venomous fork, With sting like scorpion's arm'd.

Straightway the winds upturn the main, and great seas rise; we are tossed asunder over the dreary gulf.

This was about twenty feet long, and ended in a little upturn so that a sled would shoot up with a jerk and come down with a bang.

There a slant upturn of tight-drawn lids revealed the quintessence of priestly cruelty.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to upturn, such as: recovery, upswing, and recuperation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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