UPTICKS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

upticks

noun

plural of uptick

as in increases

something added (as by growth) an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year

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Recent Examples of upticks Workers are expected to continue to attempt to clear up the reflecting pool as summer tourism upticks ahead of the July 4th and America 250 celebrations. —

Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 19 June 2026 Minnesota saw flat or negative numbers from December through March, before upticks the past two months. —

Wcco Staff, CBS News, 18 June 2026 Analytically, Goldschmidt has benefitted from upticks in his Barrel%, Launch Angle, Launch Angle Sweet-Spot%, xSLG and xwOBA. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026 And for women’s styles in particular, growth has recently concentrated in looser fits like wide-leg and barrel jeans, with double-digit upticks. —

Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 12 June 2026 Momentum is also improving, as JNJ continues to see consecutive upticks in the weekly MACD histogram. —

Katie Stockton, CNBC, 8 June 2026 Kane argues that state and local leaders must implement reforms to address the decline in academic achievement, like those whose literacy programs helped spark recent upticks in reading scores. —

Connor Greene, Time, 16 May 2026 Local officials are hopeful the money can help prevent future upticks in land movement and, ideally, formalize a new pathway for additional federal funding to address the city’s ongoing hazards and worsening budget crisis. —

Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026 Grades 6 through 12 showed more upticks. —

Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Even with increases in public funding, the demand for affordable childcare significantly outpaces supply, especially for infants.

— Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
While most of those states lean to the left, and Democratic legislators are far more likely to back minimum wage increases than Republicans, several staunchly conservative states similar to Oklahoma have passed higher minimum wages by ballot initiative.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 16 June 2026