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Recent Examples of upwelling
This sinking process causes hotter material to rise in its place, creating a thermal upwelling.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Nov. 2025
But last week saw an observable upwelling of anxiety, reflecting a break of the preceding low-volatility climb and some possible pent-up selling from historically elevated equity allocations.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
When upwelling is curtailed by winds or other factors, surface water temperatures can soar.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
And seabed curtains could divert warm water toward other glaciers, the paper argues, or disrupt the upwelling of nutrients that feed phytoplankton—a crucial food for many other species.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Nov. 2025
But last week saw an observable upwelling of anxiety, reflecting a break of the preceding low-volatility climb and some possible pent-up selling from historically elevated equity allocations.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
When upwelling is curtailed by winds or other factors, surface water temperatures can soar.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
And seabed curtains could divert warm water toward other glaciers, the paper argues, or disrupt the upwelling of nutrients that feed phytoplankton—a crucial food for many other species.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upwelling
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These days, the upsurge in streaming television and its hunger for content has made books an even more ubiquitous source of intellectual property for the small screen.—
Gary Goldstein,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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So it's been an upsurge in violence over the last couple of weeks, which is really unprecedented for us.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
6 June 2026
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There were creative peaks, especially once Haynes and Derek Trucks injected new energy into the band, but also plenty of ongoing upheaval, culminating in Betts’ firing in 2000.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2026
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Boise State failed to reach the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season and was never really in the picture, and Rice hinted at an offseason of upheaval if the Broncos wanted to be competitive in the new Pac-12.—
Shaun Goodwin
June 9,
Idaho Statesman,
9 June 2026
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And that heady thrust is available across a much wider powerband.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
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The effects of the pandemic thrust the Catalans into a financial crisis which almost destroyed them as a club.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The weekly stochastics have flashed an oversold upturn, a constructive development that often coincides with an intermediate-term low.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
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Three structural elements differentiate the present landscape from previous upturns.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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The stock spent the back half of 2025 in a steady uptrend, got hit hard in February when the Iran war sell-off dragged everything down, and found its footing right on the 200-day moving average near $180.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
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Unveiled on May 12, the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index report showed inflation rising a huge 0.6% in April, continuing a major uptrend that started with March’s reading of 0.9%.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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While many praised his remarks for uplifting of immigrant communities at a time when they are increasingly being targeted by the federal government, others felt the musician had overlooked the history and experiences of Native Americans and Black Americans by not mentioning them.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The upswing in Colorado’s discipline wasn’t seen to the same degree nationwide, said Jimmy Adams, executive director of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, can organization that maintains a nationwide database of teacher license actions.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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This chart from Daiwa Capital Markets shows that the job market now appears to be in an upswing.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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Yes, the scientific phenomenon that allows something to float or sink, also known as upthrust.—
Molly Longman,
refinery29.com,
9 July 2020
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From an upthrust of land in the Shawangunk Mountains, Alfred looked down at Lake Mohonk and was smitten.—
Karl Zimmermann,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Aug. 2019
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“Upwelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upwelling. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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