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Recent Examples of upwelling
Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics.
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Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
The team found a single, spatial upwelling under the three rifts, but with a different chemical composition.
—Jay Kakade
july 05, New Atlas, 5 July 2025
These upwellings tend to repeat in a specific rhythm, acting like geological barcodes.
—Jay Kakade
july 05, New Atlas, 5 July 2025
Experts previously theorized this juncture of the Main Ethiopian, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden Rifts contained an active, hot upwelling of molten mantle.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
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Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
The team found a single, spatial upwelling under the three rifts, but with a different chemical composition.
—Jay Kakade
july 05, New Atlas, 5 July 2025
These upwellings tend to repeat in a specific rhythm, acting like geological barcodes.
—Jay Kakade
july 05, New Atlas, 5 July 2025
Experts previously theorized this juncture of the Main Ethiopian, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden Rifts contained an active, hot upwelling of molten mantle.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upwelling
Noun
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The app has had an upsurge in popularity as of late and reached the top of the App Store ranking this week.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
27 July 2025
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Much more worrying is the broader upsurge in vaccine rejection, which threatens to introduce community spread of measles into the wider population.—
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Twin Cities,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Constant procedural upheaval and backlogs are poison.—
Scott White,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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King took over in June as the district was confronting a $734 million budget crisis in the wake of leadership upheaval.—
Kate Perez,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This launch will feature four, so combined its rocket power will have more than 2.9 million pounds of thrust on liftoff.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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The spacecraft is powered by more than two dozen small rocket engines, each capable of operating at three discrete levels of thrust for fine control or more significant orbit adjustments.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The actual data show good news: a declining trend in multiple job holding over decades, with a recent upturn.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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While Trump's tariffs haven't yet led to a dramatic upturn in inflation, recent reports are showing a slight uptick , and there's a belief that U.S. companies absorbing the tariffs can only do so for so long before needing to raise prices.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima,
CNBC,
27 July 2025
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Sean's going to give you the set-up on Cboe stock, which has been moving in a tightly wound, neat little uptrend all summer long.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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Since a key breakout above resistance in early 2023, BSX has remained in a consistent uptrend phase with improving relative strength.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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The upswing for multiple key sectors in downtown San Jose has arrived ahead of the South Bay playing host to three key sporting events: the Super Bowl, several matches of the FIFA World Cup, and some of the games for the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Statewide, monthly firearm injury rates are also down compared with the upswings during the pandemic, and this year have dipped below comparable months in 2018 and 2019, according to data published by the Illinois Department of Public Health.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
30 July 2025
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After all, the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which began 50 million years ago, has been responsible for the upthrust of Mt. Everest and the world's tallest mountain range, the Himalaya.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
1 May 2015
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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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At a rally for the slain child outside of the Joseph Campau Church of God on Friday, Aug. 1, the grieving father tried to get words out but couldn't through heaves and sobs.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Thunder guard Jalen Williams attempted a heave from deep in his half as time expired, but the ball hit the backboard and bounced away, sparking wild celebrations from the Denver squad.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
6 May 2025
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“Upwelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upwelling. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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