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Recent Examples of upwelling
In a reverse process—artificial upwelling—cooler, nutrient-rich waters from the deep ocean would be pumped to the surface to spur phytoplankton growth.
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ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
The magma that fed these massive eruptions may have come from a plume-like upwelling from the mantle called a hot spot.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Varying rainfall patterns and coastal upwelling both lead to more nutrient-dense waters, which only encourages algae growth.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Yet, the precise driver and behavior of upwelling remained largely unexplained.
—Jay Kakade
july 05, New Atlas, 5 July 2025
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ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
The magma that fed these massive eruptions may have come from a plume-like upwelling from the mantle called a hot spot.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Varying rainfall patterns and coastal upwelling both lead to more nutrient-dense waters, which only encourages algae growth.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Yet, the precise driver and behavior of upwelling remained largely unexplained.
—Jay Kakade
july 05, New Atlas, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upwelling
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Yet, the severity of gendered crime during Partition wasn’t caused by an arbitrary upsurge of madness.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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This significant upsurge is a result of a positive assessment from Citron Research, a prominent newsletter led by renowned short-seller Andrew Left, which suggested that the market is undervaluing LoanDepot’s mortgage servicing portfolio.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Each storm sparked a wave of scientific inquiry, until, in the early twentieth century, scientists finally understood why electrifying societies had grown precariously vulnerable to environmental upheavals on the Sun.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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With such upheaval in the front line, some teething problems are understandable.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Air enters the missile’s intake, passes through a fission reactor, and is heated directly by the reaction to produce thrust.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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Too much landing thrust could burn into the regolith, punching a destabilizing hole in its loose surface.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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This week saw Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos descending on the Eternal City to announce the streaming giant’s plans to help revive a storied cinema, as well as a host of international TV executives mooting the possibility of an upturn that could pull the global drama biz out of its recent doldrums.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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Under Brown’s leadership, McLaren has seen a dramatic upturn in fortunes in F1, winning the constructors’ championship for the last two years.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Meantime — as semis grow stupendously overbought relative to their own uptrend — financials, consumer cyclicals and the equal-weight S & P 500 are all down a bit for the week.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
29 Oct. 2025
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The share price is likely to fall to $210 before a sustained uptrend can begin.—
Bill Sarubbi,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The weekly chart shows us how the recent upswing is just the latest chapter in a multi-year bullish run off the October 2023 low.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, there is an upswing in the appetite for mature Bordeaux, which has attained prices exceeding the high estimate at several sales this summer and fall.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
20 Oct. 2025
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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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There was an early first-quarter heave from Jaxson Dart to tight end Daniel Bellinger for a 44-yard TD with nobody in the vicinity.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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In a 2023 study, Richards and colleagues found that Australia’s 3-million-year-old Pliocene shorelines had ridden the slow heave and sigh of Earth’s mantle, and that accounting for that vertical motion resulted in lower estimates for ancient sea levels.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Upwelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upwelling. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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