plural upticks
1
: an increase, rise, or upward trend
For the professional middle class in particular, an uptick in innovation and a return to faster economic growth would solve many problems, and likely reignite income growth.—
Don Peck
Don PeckAny near-term uptick in jobs will probably be small, because there's still plenty to be milked from existing workers.—Rana Foroohar
Rana Foroohar2
finance
: a stock market transaction at a price above the last previous transaction in the same security
Hong Kong has long required that stocks can only be sold short on upticks, meaning when the last trade of a specific stock in the market was higher than the preceding trade of that stock.—Martin Fackler and Keith Bradsher
compare downtick sense 2
Martin Fackler and Keith BradsherExamples of uptick in a Sentence
an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year
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The food-delivery application's growing cash reserves comes as the Uber competitor sees robust sales growth, including an uptick in subscriptions to its premium DashPass service.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
In recent months, tariffs modestly contributed to the uptick in overall inflation, analysts previously told ABC News, but overall price increases owed largely to a rise in housing and food products with little connection to Trump’s levies.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
In the last ten years, Truchelut said, there’s been an uptick in intense, damaging hurricanes churning through the Gulf at the close of the season.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Economists expect Thursday’s inflation report to show the fastest consumer price increases since January, but even an uptick is unlikely to deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates at its meeting next week.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
In recent months, tariffs modestly contributed to the uptick in overall inflation, analysts previously told ABC News, but overall price increases owed largely to a rise in housing and food products with little connection to Trump’s levies.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
In the last ten years, Truchelut said, there’s been an uptick in intense, damaging hurricanes churning through the Gulf at the close of the season.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Economists expect Thursday’s inflation report to show the fastest consumer price increases since January, but even an uptick is unlikely to deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates at its meeting next week.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Uptick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptick. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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