How to Use on the up in a Sentence

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• For the past few years, their prices have been on the up.
  — WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
• Two top-20 area teams will face off in the first round, both with offenses that are on the up.
  — Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2022
• One frequently used when a sports franchise is on the up and up.
  — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
• By erasing some debt, the credit used ratio goes down and the credit score goes on the up and up.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 4 Aug. 2021
• Wine tourism is on the up in England’s bucolic South Downs, just north of Brighton.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2022
• Yet appetite for beauty contests, at least in France, appears to be on the up.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021
• To access them, simply type your message and long press on the up arrow.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 8 Feb. 2022
• Any lawyer who has to insist on the legality of a scheme is probably not on the up and up.
  — David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2020
• Jesuit coach Ken Potter said the team’s performance Friday shows that his team is on the up and up.
  — Nick Celario, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2022
• Local rental companies tend to be on the up and up with the community in ways Airbnb might not be.
  — cleveland, 1 May 2022
• They’re supposed to be helping people get benefits on the up and up.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
• Average credit card interest rates across all card types are on the up and up as well.
  — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
• But assuming everything is on the up and up, this deal puts a crucial corner of Leimert Park in Black hands.
  — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2022
• An essay or response by generative AI convinces the user that the answer is on the up and up.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• Faber’s office did say that the state auditor believed the 2020 presidential election was on the up and up.
  — Marty Schladen, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
• But like the career-changing victory itself, the money is totally on the up and up.
  — Bill Fields, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
• Based on our experts' knowledge of what people are buying as well as both Google trending searches and sales data, these are the trends that will be on the up this year.
  — Amanda Tarlton, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2021
• Everything’s on the up and up, the animals are coming back, everything’s going great.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 4 May 2022
• For the life-changing occasion of her first Grand Slam win, however, Osaka chose an outfit that would mark her out instantly as a style star on the up.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2020
• On the flipside, a bull market usually happens when the economy is on the up and up and a broad market index sees a 20% increase over at least a two-month period.
  — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2022
• Hyundai as a brand has been on the up in the last decade, and together with its sister brands Kia and Genesis, have been slowly carving their own space and building a customer base across all price brackets.
  — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
• Your money is coming into sharper focus as the Moon enters your 2nd House of Finances, supplying you with a chance to go over your accounts and make sure that everything is on the up and up.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
• This confirms that these serious security threats are on the up, with more than twice the previous record-breaking volume identified in 2019.
  — Davey Winder, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• Twenty years on, pegging’s popularity is only on the up.
  — Serena Smith, refinery29.com, 8 July 2021
• In addition to accusing the media of trying to manipulate public opinion through inaccurate polls, Stewart also suggested the election may not have been on the up and up.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Mar. 2021
• Additionally, statement pieces and vintage furniture are absolutely on the up and up.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 5 Oct. 2022
• Like inflation, employee expectations are on the up As inflation rises and so too does the fear of a global recession, leaders may have hoped that workers’ expectations would lower.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 11 May 2023

Last Updated: 26 Aug 2024