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an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year
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Fischer has stood by Conrad publicly, saying no one person can be blamed for Louisville's uptick in violent crime or expected to solve it alone.
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The rash of killings comes before the summer months when Kansas City historically sees an uptick in homicides, and in a year when the murder rate is on pace to rise for the third year in a row.
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Though this could be a non-Harry Potter related reason for the uptick, the internet could also have paved the way for wider conversation about the books online.
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Coal’s long-term prospects remain grim; the uptick is expected to be fleeting.
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In today’s era of digital disruption and streaming services — in which the record industry has finally seen a positive uptick after over a decade of plummeting sales — that Gorecki moment deserves a fresh appraisal.
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The latter uptick might be attributed partly to the fact that marijuana use in some form has been legalized in many states or cities.
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At the very least, Harvard’s humanities department should soon see a huge uptick in interest—once its Game of Thrones-themed history course gets off the ground.
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One potential blemish in the report was an uptick in inventories last month, a sign that factories are turning out products faster than customers are buying them.
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Origin and Etymology of uptick
2up + 1tick
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