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upswing

[uhp-swing, uhp-swing] / ˈʌpˌswɪŋ, ʌpˈswɪŋ /
NOUN
improvement
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Public opinion toward India in France is on the upswing too, up 11 points to 50% in the past three years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 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

The sizable pullback in hiring—not just in July, but in downwardly revised May and June numbers—marked a shift for a labor market that appeared on the upswing earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

COVID-19 is on the upswing in California and across a swath of the West and the South, a sign that the virus may be starting its seasonal summer uptick.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Life for Joey is on an upswing, and she wants to keep it that way.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

"There's going to be big upswings and big downswings, because nobody knows the future," he said.

From Barron's May 17, 2026

This gives FTX the benefit of any market upswings.

From New York Times Feb. 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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