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upswing

[uhp-swing, uhp-swing] / ˈʌpˌswɪŋ, ʌpˈswɪŋ /
NOUN
improvement
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Though he said his multiple downtown bars are on an upswing, Pouring With Heart’s restaurants did not succeed; the group shuttered all of its food-focused operations in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Nimesh Patel’s stock in comedy has been on an upswing lately.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

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

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

That’s one side the market is focusing on, “giving rise to the types of upswings that we’ve seen.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

I’m pretty sure it’s a driving force of late-stage upswings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

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

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

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


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