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 council was established in April 2024, nearly three years after President Jovenel Moïse was killed at his residence, throwing Haiti into widespread upheaval.—
EVENS SANON,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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While Britain is suffering perhaps the most dramatic upheaval in the wake of the latest batch of Epstein files, association with the billionaire is popping up across the globe like a pandemic of questionable judgment.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 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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Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Sony on Thursday reported a rise in operating profit that beat expectations, despite foreign exchange volatility and higher memory costs.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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Yet, even as Aleys’s world begins to change with the rise of lay literacy, those lay people are almost entirely men.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Though the Bitcoin price experienced a sharp decline over the course of the last month, the cryptocurrency may have begun a new upswing.—
Jason Phillips,
Ascend Agency,
30 Jan. 2026
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Tim Seymour has been pounding the table about this on our show, rattling off a litany of reasons why the European economy is actually on an upswing--from higher defense spending to, believe it or not, deregulation!—
Kelly Evans,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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For all the focus on United’s recent upturn in form, Fulham will arrive at Old Trafford on a run of just one defeat from their last eight league games.—
Graham Ruthven,
New York Times,
31 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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The return of the NHL players after their absence from the last two Winter Games ought to provide a significant boost, but the inclusion of one of player in particular checks a unique box.—
Dave Campbell,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Stimulus measures tied to the One Big Beautiful spending bill passed last year are expected to provide a boost to income tax rebates that will help individuals, along with deregulation and expensing provisions aimed at businesses.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 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 9 Feb. 2026.
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