How to Use upsurge in a Sentence

upsurge

noun
Definition of upsurgenext
Synonyms for upsurgenext
  • Chicago, in fact, is on the cusp of a historic upsurge in rail freight traffic.
    — Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The true crime genre has experienced an upsurge in the past decade.
    — Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
  • That has enraged the poor, laying the ground for the next Peronist upsurge.
    — New York Times, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Know the signs The first sign that your skin may be responding to an upsurge in stress hormones is the increase in acne.
    — Essence, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Unions are more popular now than at any time since 1965, and the U.S. is in the midst of a new upsurge of union organizing.
    — Peter Dreier, The Conversation, 22 Aug. 2022
  • This isn’t the first time the Humane Society has seen a sudden upsurge in requests, Bias said.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The upsurge of people vying for space on trails and in restaurants in the summer months means resort towns never get a break.
    — New York Times, 22 June 2021
  • The coronavirus pandemic has lead to an upsurge in remote work and the likelihood is that, for many, it’s here to stay.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, 9 Aug. 2020
  • The upsurge of home baking meant the pandemic was a busy time for flour producers in Wisconsin and sparked some changes in the landscape.
    — Cathy Jakicic, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Still, there have been prior hints that an upsurge in hiring was underway.
    — oregonlive, 13 June 2021
  • At the time, there was an upsurge of Sixties-style stuff again, Creation Records and acid house, eventually Oasis.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2022
  • The market watchers also predict an upsurge in pink sales to global markets at over 7% per year.
    — Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The exact rate of infection prior to the recent upsurge has not been determined.
    — Luke Taylor, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2021
  • All states now offer a permanent amnesty to gun owners and in recent years there has been an upsurge in collections.
    — Philip Alpers, CNN, 1 June 2022
  • At the same time, the last several years have seen an upsurge in labor militancy that few would have predicted in 1996.
    — Raina Lipsitz, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, there are even options for trendy activities, like an assortment of pickleball paddles for dads who want to join the upsurge of fans of the game.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
  • These French ovens, or, cocottes, have been around since the 1920s, but have experienced a huge global upsurge since the pandemic with so many of us cooking from home.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 June 2021
  • Oh, and be warned: the film takes place during the upsurge of Fascism, and provides a withering cameo for Mussolini, who is taunted by Pinocchio with poop jokes.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Still, the upsurge sends a cautionary signal just as colleges approach the end of the semester and the holiday season, which have been two of the riskiest periods for the spread of the virus.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • That’s created tensions over how to handle the latest upsurge.
    — Iain Rogers, Bloomberg.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Fox’s subject is its first great upsurge, which began to peak in Europe and America in the late nineteenth century.
    — Neal Ascherson, The New York Review of Books, 22 July 2021
  • And the abrupt upsurge of demand for wind turbines after Russia cut off natural gas to Europe has left the supply cupboard bare.
    — Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The upsurge illustrated how the virus can come back as anti-disease controls are relaxed.
    — Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2020
  • To keep up with the upsurge in cases, the agency opened four new isolation/quarantine sites in December, more than doubling the available beds.
    — Doug Smith Senior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2021
  • At the time, the upsurge of religious enthusiasm called the Second Great Awakening was sweeping across the frontier like a crowd doing the wave at a baseball game.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • And while e-commerce is absolutely here to stay, brick-and-mortar stores have seen an unexpected upsurge in customers over the past year.
    — Rhett Power, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The upsurge in kidnappings and killings has forced many to flee their homes, sometimes bouncing from one temporary shelter to another.
    — Lesly Succés, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Despite this upsurge of diesel popularity the chances are that 50 years from now, a few steam locomotives will still be chugging along somewhere in the U.S.A.
    — Wayne Whittaker, Popular Mechanics, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The lackluster figures reflect how far unions have to go to see an upsurge in membership, especially in a year of booming job growth.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The upsurge of arrivals has strained the shelter system, taxed the city’s budget and vexed Adams, who has condemned the buses as a political ploy and criticized the lack of federal help.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023

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