upturned; upturning; upturns
: to turn upward
: an upward turn especially toward better conditions or higher prices
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Verb
at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you
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Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
The outage highlights how extensive people's reliance on technology has become and how an error based on something as trivial as a calendar date can upturn entire businesses and disrupt people's day.
—Scharon Harding, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2024
Fred Imbert, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
But even with the upturns among these students, their scores were sobering: 36.8% were proficient in English, 25% in math and 20.7% in science.
—Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Just like the music itself: sonically rich, theatrical, ingeniously narrated and visualized by a woman who manages to prevent gender while redefining femininity and, as a result, upturn the power structures of hip hop.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
The outage highlights how extensive people's reliance on technology has become and how an error based on something as trivial as a calendar date can upturn entire businesses and disrupt people's day.
—Scharon Harding, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2024
Noun
However, the latest upturn comes despite rebounds in Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar, too, which might be expected to take the wind from gold’s sails.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
But even with the upturns among these students, their scores were sobering: 36.8% were proficient in English, 25% in math and 20.7% in science.
—Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Upturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upturn. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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