How to Use uptick in a Sentence

uptick

noun
  • Despite the lack of consensus on the cause of that uptick, there are some clear trends.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • This year, those same seats saw a slight uptick to $3,310 for nine Panthers home games.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024
  • August’s uptick was the largest one-month increase since June 2022.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And at midyear, there was no sign of an uptick in North Texas office space demand.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
  • Most people don't bother to look up the type of plane they are booked to fly, although there was an uptick after flight 1282.
    CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • One of the key ways to see an uptick in productivity is utilizing the right tools to take some of the load off your plate.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The median sale price for U.S. homes spiked this month, the biggest uptick since October 2022.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The song has seen an uptick in streams as criticism continues.
    Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • Aldi’s cottage cheese sales saw an uptick of 14% as a result of the TikTok favorite.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The Eagles said there has been an uptick in fan support from both students and people who live in Fremont.
    Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The biggest uptick in crime levels came from carjackings at 82%.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Now, thanks to a marked uptick in bourbon tourism, visitors are coming for the bourbon and staying for the culture.
    Maggie Kimberl, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Still, the district saw a 10 percent uptick in the number of workers over the past three years, with revenue growing by 29 percent.
    Angelica Mari, WIRED, 30 June 2023
  • The uptick in safety occurred throughout the city, with fewer shootings in all five boroughs.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
  • This can be traced to the uptick in student loan debt, which is at $1.75 trillion according to Nerdwallet.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 26 June 2023
  • The project is seeking a production budget around $75 million — a notable uptick from the thrifty origins of the franchise.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Cape Cod has seen an uptick in great white shark activity in recent years.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • An uptick in Covid-19 cases has threatened to reignite the debates over masking that made DeSantis famous in the ...
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 28 Aug. 2023
  • There has been a significant uptick in excavation in the last five days.
    Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
  • She's seen an uptick in first-time customers and has received more inquiries about private events than usual.
    The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Rents have fallen for the fifth month in a row thanks to an uptick in home and mortgage prices which continue to bend the housing market in favor of tenants.
    Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • And despite an uptick in the quality of baseball around him and in the money in his pocket, his time in Toronto has been solid, but not much more than that.
    Tyler Small, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The return of McDaniel students to Westminster this week signals an uptick in bustle for the city’s downtown.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2023
  • How prepared are the border communities for the uptick that's expected to happen in next month?
    CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Kenya has seen an uptick in some of its health metrics in the last two decades, with mortality rates for children under age 5 falling by half.
    Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The group also reports an uptick in the number of recent arrests: over 3,365 Palestinians have been arrested since the war broke out.
    Ines De La Cuetara, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • This marks a small but important uptick from the 3 percent support level needed for the second debate.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Khan's death is the latest in an uptick of fatalities from fires sparked by the batteries, New York fire officials have warned.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But in recent months, there's been a sharp uptick, and the kennels have regularly been over capacity with more than 600 dogs.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2023
  • There will be an uptick in flash flooding late in the overnight into Tuesday morning if the current weather trends continue.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'uptick.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: