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upswing

[uhp-swing, uhp-swing] / ˈʌpˌswɪŋ, ʌpˈswɪŋ /
NOUN
improvement
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Her appointment, which she said follows a two-year transition during which then-CEO James Foster let her basically run things, comes as the company appears on an upswing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The broader biopharmaceutical sector has struggled with a prolonged downturn in recent years but has been on an upswing of late.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

The sizable pullback in hiring—not just in July, but in downwardly revised May and June numbers—marked a shift for a labor market that appeared on the upswing earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Joseph Adinolfi dug into more reasons the AI-hardware makers may be on the upswing, based on stock trading activity and the Situational Awareness hedge fund’s fire sale.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

There was no single reason for the sudden turnabout, the surprising upswing, the unexpected rash of sales.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

That’s one side the market is focusing on, “giving rise to the types of upswings that we’ve seen.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

I’m pretty sure it’s a driving force of late-stage upswings.

From Barron's Oct. 10, 2025

Though there have been some small upswings, Bitcoin hasn’t recovered, and the asset’s correlation with the U.S. dollar has reportedly gone negative.

From Slate Dec. 15, 2022

With each of the band’s upswings, Hubbard also ascends, at one point following Louis Hayes’s spirited drum solo with an equally blistering tone.

From New York Times Oct. 5, 2022

During his upswings, everyone wanted to be in his presence, but during his downswings, he was known to cast a cold shadow.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

In the white glare the girl saw Winthrope, crouched beneath her upswung door; and his face was as the face of a beast.

From Into the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennett

Kille, kille, lambkin mine, Though it often be hard to climb Over the rocks upswinging, Follow thy bell's sweet ringing!

From Poems and Songs by Arthur Hubbell Palmer

All that your courage has brightened, All that your pity protected,       Now it is grown; Over your shoulders upswinging,       Folds round your frame, Bringing in roses your name, Joyous the sprite of your poetry bringing.

From Poems and Songs by Arthur Hubbell Palmer




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