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upswing

[uhp-swing, uhp-swing] / ˈʌpˌswɪŋ, ʌpˈswɪŋ /
NOUN
improvement
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After falling for much of 2025, US auto employment has been on an upswing for most of 2026.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The strong August employment report had raised hopes that the labor market was on the upswing after two years of malaise.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

The latest dollar upswing has been broad-based across major and Asian currencies, with higher Treasury yields, softer risk sentiment and elevated oil prices weighing on higher-beta currencies, lower-yielders and oil-importing currencies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The broader biopharmaceutical sector has struggled with a prolonged downturn in recent years but has been on an upswing of late.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

So Father saw this pageant as a splectacular mark of things being on the upswing.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Bank of America analysts said that price upswings and further volume growth amid the global AI infrastructure buildout should continue to support the island’s tech exports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Stock prices follow the same pattern, appearing cheap during upswings before crashing when hardware gluts emerge.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

Penn State: Long entrenched as the third-best team in the Big Ten, the Nittany Lions must deal with Oregon, Washington and USC, plus potential upswings by Nebraska and Wisconsin.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

Though there have been some small upswings, Bitcoin hasn’t recovered, and the asset’s correlation with the U.S. dollar has reportedly gone negative.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2022

During his upswings, everyone wanted to be in his presence, but during his downswings, he was known to cast a cold shadow.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

In the white glare the girl saw Winthrope, crouched beneath her upswung door; and his face was as the face of a beast.

From Into the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennett

Kille, kille, lambkin mine, Though it often be hard to climb Over the rocks upswinging, Follow thy bell's sweet ringing!

From Poems and Songs by Arthur Hubbell Palmer

All that your courage has brightened, All that your pity protected,       Now it is grown; Over your shoulders upswinging,       Folds round your frame, Bringing in roses your name, Joyous the sprite of your poetry bringing.

From Poems and Songs by Arthur Hubbell Palmer




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