upturned; upturning; upturns
: to turn upward
: an upward turn especially toward better conditions or higher prices
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Verb
at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you
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Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Just like the music itself: sonically rich, theatrical, ingeniously narrated and visualized by a woman who manages to prevent gender while redefining femininity and, as a result, upturn the power structures of hip hop.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
Bruce Yandle, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
The upturn was largely due to the impact of a distribution deal with Charter Communications, which integrated Peacock into it Spectrum pay-TV and broadband plans.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Fiction, meanwhile, can upturn such collective attitudes by conveying the specificity of actual working lives and workplaces, recognizing that even the most monotonous labor can shape the self.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Just like the music itself: sonically rich, theatrical, ingeniously narrated and visualized by a woman who manages to prevent gender while redefining femininity and, as a result, upturn the power structures of hip hop.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
That’s partly because these things take time and partly because other campaign promises — those that don’t lend themselves to immediate economic upturns — contained plenty of real prose.
—Bruce Yandle, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
The upturn was largely due to the impact of a distribution deal with Charter Communications, which integrated Peacock into it Spectrum pay-TV and broadband plans.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Upturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upturn. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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