| upward trend | 12.05 | Inflation is on an upward trend. | ||
| upward pressure | 11.32 | But the upward pressure was weak. | ||
| upward revision | 6.45 | The upward revision was larger than expected. | ||
| upward mobility | 4.81 | That is upward mobility. | ||
| upward momentum | 3.75 | But it lost its upward momentum later amid profit-taking. | ||
| upward movement | 3.23 | With the strike, all upward movement has stopped. | ||
| upward spiral | 1.97 | Spending on law enforcement began a slow upward spiral. | ||
| upward march | 1.84 | Now medical costs have resumed their upward march. | ||
| upward climb | 1.18 | Mortgages rates have been on an upward climb. | ||
| upward curve | 1.12 | But they are moving on an upward curve. | ||
| upward swing | 1.12 | Will the upward swing last? | ||
| upward move | 0.86 | Other recent upward moves by Hispanics chronicle the changes. | ||
| upward path | 0.86 | All overhead doors travel in their upward path along metal tracks. | ||
| upward trajectory | 0.79 | He looks for the upward trajectory that defines a curveball. | ||
| upward price | 0.66 | Reports of upward price pressure were limited. | ||
| upward adjustment | 0.59 | Implicit in this new higher growth rate is an upward adjustment in the productivity growth rate. | ||
| upward bias | 0.59 | So we should be in a trading range this week with an upward bias on prices. | ||
| upward spike | 0.53 | Drug use is down, despite a recent upward spike. | ||
| upward expansion | 0.46 | But Glavine has no desire to take advantage of the upward expansion in the strike zone. | ||
| upward blip | 0.39 | With the exception of an upward blip last August, output has been falling sharply for almost a year. |