1
: an upward swing
2
: a marked increase or improvement
a dramatic upswing in profits
—often used in the phrase on the upswingHer career is on the upswing.
Examples of upswing in a Sentence
an upswing of the arms
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Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2025
As 2026 approaches, the stakes are high to keep this year’s IPO revival from being just a fleeting upswing in the public markets.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025
But the economic upswing in Germany is not shared by steel and coal workers in the Ruhr area, where strikes for fair wages and a shortening of the sixty-hour work week prompt steel barons to order massive lockouts and layoffs.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
The increase also reversed a slight drop last year in cultivation and production and signaled an upswing in the country’s entrenched drug trade.
—CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Upswing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upswing. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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upswing
noun
up·swing
ˈəp-ˌswiŋ 
: an upward swing
especially
: a marked increase or improvement (as in activity)
business is on the upswing
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