upturned; upturning; upturns
: to turn upward
: an upward turn especially toward better conditions or higher prices
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Examples of upturn in a Sentence
Verb
at this point the road upturns steeply, the trees become scarcer, and the valley unfolds before you
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Scharon Harding, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2024
And the aim of travel is to upturn those.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2023
Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
After Pixar’s Inside Out 2 continued to impress with its second weekend cinema ticket sales of $100 million domestically, the Roth MKM analyst forecast a cyclical upturn for Cinemark from improved box office coming out of the dual Hollywood strikes last year.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
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Verb
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
And the aim of travel is to upturn those.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2023
Noun
For all the upturn of past couple years, club still seeks its first playoff win since 2000 and is dragging feet on extending Tua Tagovailoa long term.
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—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
After Pixar’s Inside Out 2 continued to impress with its second weekend cinema ticket sales of $100 million domestically, the Roth MKM analyst forecast a cyclical upturn for Cinemark from improved box office coming out of the dual Hollywood strikes last year.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
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“Upturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upturn. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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