plural upticks
1
: an increase, rise, or upward trend
For the professional middle class in particular, an uptick in innovation and a return to faster economic growth would solve many problems, and likely reignite income growth.—
Don Peck
Don PeckAny near-term uptick in jobs will probably be small, because there's still plenty to be milked from existing workers.—Rana Foroohar
Rana Foroohar2
finance
: a stock market transaction at a price above the last previous transaction in the same security
Hong Kong has long required that stocks can only be sold short on upticks, meaning when the last trade of a specific stock in the market was higher than the preceding trade of that stock.—Martin Fackler and Keith Bradsher
compare downtick sense 2
Martin Fackler and Keith BradsherExamples of uptick in a Sentence
an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year
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Consumers’ assessment of current business conditions moved higher, while an uptick in purchasing plans for a home extended a monthslong recovery.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2025
Yields on government have seen a slight uptick as stock momentum leads investors to own equities over stocks.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
According to Google Trends, search interest in Orioles vintage wear has seen an uptick over each of the past five summers.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025
After an uptick in terrorist attacks two years ago, Pakistan began cracking down on migrants without legal status.
—Betsy Joles, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2025
Yields on government have seen a slight uptick as stock momentum leads investors to own equities over stocks.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
According to Google Trends, search interest in Orioles vintage wear has seen an uptick over each of the past five summers.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2025
After an uptick in terrorist attacks two years ago, Pakistan began cracking down on migrants without legal status.
—Betsy Joles, NPR, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for uptick
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“Uptick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uptick. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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