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Recent Examples of uptick So will his organization Turning Point USA’s overall digital presence, as the uptick in follower interest signals. Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025 The food-delivery application's growing cash reserves comes as the Uber competitor sees robust sales growth, including an uptick in subscriptions to its premium DashPass service. Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025 In the last ten years, Truchelut said, there’s been an uptick in intense, damaging hurricanes churning through the Gulf at the close of the season. Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025 But the test results showed an uptick in percentage of 12th graders who reported being accepted to a four-year college compared to 2019, with about 53% of 12th graders in 2024 who reported being accepted to a four-year college compared to 51% in 2019. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uptick
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Noun
  • The brutal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a college campus shocked the nation and is forcing it to confront what appears to be an increase in political violence across the country.
    Carlie Procell, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Labor Department data released on Thursday showed one of the biggest weekly increases in jobless claims in more than a year.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The expiring boost, implemented in Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act under former President Joe Biden, applies to 22 million of the 24 million low- and middle-income Americans with plans through the ACA marketplace.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Approval would let Ripple operate as a federally regulated trust bank—a substantial legitimacy boost.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Overnight, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surpassed the 45,000 mark for the first time, leading gains in Asia-Pacific markets.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The market has been on a particular tear in September in the leadup to the Fed meeting, as more moribund jobs data poured in – the S&P 500 has posted gains in six of nine sessions this month.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to grape stem cells, the fast-absorbing spray includes caffeine and antioxidant-rich arugula leaf extract to help keep fallout at bay.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to its luxury suites the Four Seasons has eleven villas available for rental.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kirk’s rise from a suburban Chicago teenager to the face of the Republican Party’s youth wing reshaped the political landscape and energized a new generation of conservatives.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • While the motivation behind the killing is still unknown, Kirk's death has escalated anxieties about the rise of political violence in the United States and the deepening divide within American society.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Uptick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uptick. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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