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.
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Lalee Ibssa,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
Minnesota saw flat or negative numbers from December through March, before upticks the past two months.
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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.
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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.
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Sarah Jones,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
Momentum is also improving, as JNJ continues to see consecutive upticks in the weekly MACD histogram.
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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.
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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.
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Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
Grades 6 through 12 showed more upticks.
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Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Lalee Ibssa,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
Minnesota saw flat or negative numbers from December through March, before upticks the past two months.
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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.
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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.
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Sarah Jones,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
Momentum is also improving, as JNJ continues to see consecutive upticks in the weekly MACD histogram.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upticks
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Budget includes limited tax increases The budget aims to increase state revenues by billions of dollars by reforming a tax on healthcare providers, imposing a sales tax for certain software products and limiting tax breaks on large corporations.
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.
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Both show trust boosts engagement, improves quality, accelerates research, saves millions in drug development and positions trust as infrastructure.
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Many desert mosses are under threat, and conservationists might be able to better protect them with fungal boosts.
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The indexes are sitting on healthy gains for the year despite a slight pullback in June.
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The agreement ends weeks of lobbying by outside interests and negotiations among lawmakers and the governor at the state Capitol about how to handle a surge of income tax collected on stock market gains related to artificial intelligence.
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Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images SpaceX became one of the quickest additions ever to the Nasdaq-100 index, setting up a fresh wave of buying from passive investors less than a month after the company's blockbuster public debut.
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The other new California additions aren't as interesting or camper-specific, comprising more aesthetic updates across the entire Multivan lineup.
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“Upticks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upticks. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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