as in increase
something added (as by growth)
an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year
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Recent Examples of uptick
But Over-the-Rhine and Downtown have seen an uptick in violent crime.
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Brenda Ordonez, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
Jones described Jackson’s track for 2025 as something similar to the uptick in Josh Metellus’ defensive involvement that began two years ago.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
The article dove deep into the glaring uptick in numbers of single Black women.
—Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
Yet, the core inflation uptick was driven primarily by a 3.6% increase in services, such as shelter, medical care and transportation services, most especially car repair.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Brenda Ordonez, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
Jones described Jackson’s track for 2025 as something similar to the uptick in Josh Metellus’ defensive involvement that began two years ago.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
The article dove deep into the glaring uptick in numbers of single Black women.
—Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
Yet, the core inflation uptick was driven primarily by a 3.6% increase in services, such as shelter, medical care and transportation services, most especially car repair.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uptick
Noun
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That's more than any other year since 2013 and would be a 56% increase over the 25 executions conducted last year.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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The average tariff increase, weighted by 2024 apparel import volumes, is near 20 percentage points.—
SJ Guest Editorial,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There's also a special boost available for the final round of the BMW Championship.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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At least in the short term, club officials think there might be such a boost.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Employers added just 73,000 jobs and employment gains for May and June were revised down by a massive 258,000.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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The gains came mainly from exports to the U.S. Without their impact, the overall tally would have been down 0.9 percent, the industry body said.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Under Ohio law, the country club is owed triple damages for the theft in addition to punitive and other damages, making the total for both Lee and Sulky nearly $4 million.—
Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
26 Aug. 2025
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In addition to the usual channel rotation, this season’s streaming rights extend to Amazon Prime, Netflix, Peacock and YouTube.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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The debate was ignited once again in July when Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge torture sites were added to the list, 50 years on from the Communist government’s rise to power.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps the most surprising development in that department can be found in the rise of undrafted rookie Efton Chism.—
Michael Hurley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Uptick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uptick. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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