upturns

Improvements after slumps

Upturns is the plural of upturn, a shift toward improvement or increase: The economy showed upturns in several sectors.

As a verb form, upturns means to turn upward or over: She upturns the soil before planting.

The noun typically appears in economic or statistical contexts, while the verb suggests physical turning.

improvement

recovery

Regaining what was lost

rebound · surge · boom · growth · uptick · turnaround · resurgence · expansion · prosperity · increase

inversion

flipping

Turning over rapidly

reversing · upending · inverting · toppling · turning over · rotating · tumbling · somersaulting · flip

Opposites
economic/cyclical direction

upturnsdownturns

Periods of economic decline

declines · slumps · recessions · contractions · dips

physical orientation/position

upturnsdownturns

Periods of economic decline

inversions · rights · flattens · overturns

Phrases
Family

upturn, upturned, upturning

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