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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Just the other day, the dispatcher told me there had been an uptick in complaints.
—Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
More recently, Fairbank called out an uptick in spending in recent weeks.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
This led to overall lower debt levels, but as President Donald Trump's new Education Department has restricted those options, the level of debt could see a significant uptick.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Richard Wilner said his firm, Wilner & O’Reilly, in Orange, has seen an uptick in requests for consultations from the families of immigrants who have been detained.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
More recently, Fairbank called out an uptick in spending in recent weeks.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
This led to overall lower debt levels, but as President Donald Trump's new Education Department has restricted those options, the level of debt could see a significant uptick.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Richard Wilner said his firm, Wilner & O’Reilly, in Orange, has seen an uptick in requests for consultations from the families of immigrants who have been detained.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for uptick
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“Uptick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptick. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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