UPTURNING Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

upturning

verb

present participle of upturn

as in rising

to move or extend upward at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you

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And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Practices are seeing rising amputations, and hospitalizations are surging.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026

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Maxey has also become one of the NBA’s best guards, and Edgecombe is still ascending.

— Tony Jones, New York Times, 2 July 2026
An autopsy later determined the cause of Grant’s shocking death, at just 49 years old, to be a ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm.

— Sam McDowell July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

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Demand is climbing, with Electron flying a record 21 missions in 2025 at 100% success, up from 16 the year before.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Park in shade when possible, use a windshield sunshade, and when climbing back into a hot car, turn the air conditioning on with recirculation off.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

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His celebratory words marking its 250th anniversary included not only the traditional paeans to the Founders but also a dose of personal grievance, plus soaring praise for his own achievements.

— Susan Page, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Like Micron, the second-best performer in the S&P 500 this year with a scorching 242% gain, the company is benefiting from soaring demand for high-bandwidth memory chips.

— Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 5 July 2026

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