as in upheaval
a rapid or sudden increase
a recent upsurge in crime The mayor is enjoying an upsurge of popularity.
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Recent Examples of upsurge
This significant upsurge is a result of a positive assessment from Citron Research, a prominent newsletter led by renowned short-seller Andrew Left, which suggested that the market is undervaluing LoanDepot’s mortgage servicing portfolio.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Perhaps the biggest beneficiary of the upsurge in demand has been easyJet, which launched easyJet Holidays to fill the gap left by Thomas Cook.
—Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Lantica Studios has been a major driving force in the upsurge of local filmmaking in the Caribbean.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
The app has had an upsurge in popularity as of late and reached the top of the App Store ranking this week.
—PC Magazine, 27 July 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Perhaps the biggest beneficiary of the upsurge in demand has been easyJet, which launched easyJet Holidays to fill the gap left by Thomas Cook.
—Ian King, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Lantica Studios has been a major driving force in the upsurge of local filmmaking in the Caribbean.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
The app has had an upsurge in popularity as of late and reached the top of the App Store ranking this week.
—PC Magazine, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upsurge
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The changes to and cancellation of courses comes months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw Texas A&M, one of the largest universities in the country, into upheaval.—
Juan A. Lozano,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The junior point guard loves to throw caution to the wind and insert himself right into the middle of the action, causing upheaval for the opposing team while leaving no stone turned.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Its appearance on the horizon heralds the rising of the Dog Star Sirius, the brightest of all stars, about 17 minutes later.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Marzocchi says the data suggest that, for now, the tremors are more the result of gases pushing superheated water up through the earth, rather than magma rising.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
25 Nov. 2025
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Al-Maliki ended his second term in 2014 after the Obama administration’s growing frustration with his security blind spots that saw the rise of the Islamic State in the same year across a large swathe of Iraqi and Syrian territory.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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His last term, which ended in 2014, also saw the rise of the Islamic State group, which seized large swaths of the country.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Fueled by an upswing in the South Bay, the Bay Area gained thousands of jobs in December 2025.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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What once looked like a cyclical upswing now resembles a sustained re-rating of gold's place in the global financial system.—
Sharon Wu,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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But there’s certainly been a bit of an upturn in form with a few people as well, which is really welcome.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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The oversold upturn would be confirmed with upside follow-through from the recent breakout, supporting a more decisive turnaround in 2026.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
29 Dec. 2025
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While that’s a boost for exporters, leaders in the region are concerned that broader economic disruption from a conflict would outweigh the extra income.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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That was helped along by a boost in Cognac sales of more than 3 percent after a 4 percent dip over the rest of the year—not quite enough to balance this out, but potentially a good sign overall.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2026
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The report said that a thrust reverser indicator light wasn’t working before takeoff, but after the plane got into the air, the pilot’s altimeter and some other instruments weren’t working on the left side of the cockpit.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The rocket is the most powerful to ever make it off the pad with nearly 17 million pounds of thrust, almost twice as powerful as the Saturn V rockets used during Apollo as well as NASA’s Space Launch System rocket.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Upsurge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upsurge. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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