as in to rise
to move or extend upward
at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you
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as in upswing
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Recent Examples of upturn
Sean McLain, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
Hundreds of residents have shown up at local government meetings, voicing concerns that the plant will upturn their daily lives and harm the local water supply.
—J. Scott Trubey, ajc, 22 Feb. 2022
Erin Alberty, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
The following decade would see an upturn in fortunes, however.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
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Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Herbert Diess said Tuesday that the war in Ukraine threatened to upturn the company’s projections for this year.
—Sean McLain, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
Hundreds of residents have shown up at local government meetings, voicing concerns that the plant will upturn their daily lives and harm the local water supply.
—J. Scott Trubey, ajc, 22 Feb. 2022
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That was the latest news: A catastrophic day ended in a slight upturn, and the market seemed to recover somewhat the next day.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
The following decade would see an upturn in fortunes, however.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
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At the same time, premiums have risen beyond what many can afford.David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Lutnick first rose to national prominence when 658 employees at his brokerage and trading firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, died in the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
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Drawn from sessions over a period of five years, Down in the Groove was commercially unsuccessful and critically panned, but by the end of the year Dylan was on an upswing with the release of the Traveling Wilburys’ multiplatinum debut.Al Shipley, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
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Industry on the mend The Canadian automotive industry is on an upswing following a decades-long decline that escalated during the coronavirus pandemic.Michael Wayland, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the PCE price index climbed 0.1%, after an unrevised 0.3% gain in October.Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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For their safety and yours, cats and birds should always be discouraged from climbing or flying into your tree!Dr. Nick Goltz, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
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An upsurge in the U.S. is prominent since exports became legal in 2016 and then the war in Ukraine broke out in 2022.Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The headline-grabbing union victory at the Amazon facility in Staten Island, New York, in 2022, accelerated an upsurge of labor organizing that took hold nationwide during the pandemic.Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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In the video, the girl crawls around, and one of her legs randomly ascends into the air.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Don’t look now, but the Season 50 cast is just packed with ascending talent, from the reliably loopy Sarah Sherman to the masterfully extreme everyman Andrew Dismukes.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
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Seldom has a comedian’s affect seemed so directly in conflict with the thrust of their material.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Trending Nationally Massachusetts man who was sentenced for trafficking oxycodone is on Biden’s clemency list Luigi Mangione’s arrest thrust his family into the spotlight.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Dec. 2024
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The probe is currently soaring toward the sun at about 130,000 mph, according to NASA.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Upon release, the album soared to No. 1 on Apple Music’s all-genre albums chart in 138 countries worldwide.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2024
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The move, which lasted only hours, has sparked weeks of political upheaval, disrupted high-level diplomatic efforts and unsettled financial markets.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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As the city experienced upheaval and financial duress throughout the 1970s, Dolan set his sights on the booming suburbs.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Upturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upturn. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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