‘The company's prosperity isn't coming from an uptick in demand for information technology.’
‘Although the uptick in direct navigation shows that users increasingly know where they want to go, that does not mean that search engine use is down, however.’
‘Ober also likes the prospects for coal companies, which are enjoying an uptick in commodity prices due to the increased demand for electricity.’
‘In fact, they turned out to be even more right than they suspected; they were predicting upticks in illegitimacy that were much more modest than what actually occurred - they expected marriage rates to suffer, not collapse.’
‘As cash wage growth falls close to zero, even minor upticks in inflation (like the one we've seen over the past year) translate into painful, and highly visible, pay cuts.’
‘We are seeing some upticks in consumer confidence across a series of measures.’
‘There won't even be a noticeable uptick in the price.’
‘They say that there is an uptick in the threat level.’
‘He checks in with a piece about the productive uses of political rage, proclaiming the news that liberal rage is on the uptick.’
‘Psychologists expected to see a huge uptick in rates of post-traumatic stress disorder among average New Yorkers.’
‘That's why there has been an uptick, albeit small, in the number of these children living with their married parents.’
‘In fact, that may be the greatest factor in explaining the uptick.’
‘The district's finances have been helped by an uptick in enrollment.’
‘So we're not seeing an immediate uptick in support for the idea war.’
‘The program's ratings collapsed and except for a brief uptick in 1996 have tumbled ever since.’
‘Abroad, this astounding run of success has generated a discernible uptick in expressions of envy.’
‘Instead of a loss of minimum wage jobs, there has actually been an uptick in the number of such positions.’
‘The uptick of interest that we're seeing is not enough to bring us back to last year's sales level.’
‘Compared with the survey we published three months ago, this one shows upticks of optimism in nearly every category.’
‘The signs of an uptick are tentative but promising.’
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