Sentences with phrase «upward tick»

The phrase "upward tick" means a small increase or improvement in something. Full definition
At Colicchio & Sons in the Meatpacking District, wine director Patrick Bennett noted he has seen a decided upward tick in interest in Chenin, although the grape is «still new territory» for many of his customers.
A slow upward tick in rates probably isn't enough to dissuade most buyers from a purchase.
The firm is also seeing a continuing upward tick in offshore work from China involving Cayman and BVI structures coming directly into Singapore.»
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says lower results should not be interpreted as a decline in performance by pupils, saying that it was more honest to accept a dip when the bar was raised, rather than sit back and watch numbers climb like an ever - upward tick.
I read online within the past two weeks that Russian scientists were up in the northern oceans somewhere and they saw tons of hot spots of methane bubbling out from the ocean surface.I think it was in ScienceDaily.The question posed by these scientists was «is this outgassing a normal melting of methane that has been going on for many thousands of years, or, is it an upward tick of significance?»
In the past couple of months I've noticed an upward tick in the number of my clients talking about feeling afraid.
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In the last two years, demographers have seen an upward tick in retirement age, according to Standard & Poor's DRI, a forecasting firm.
The Warwick area, near Providence, has seen prices remain level of late, after an upward tick last spring, a slow start in September and October, and a little improvement in November, says Bill Fooks, crb, of Coldwell Banker.
Since the end of the housing crisis in 2011, real estate has been on an upward tick of approximately 7.5 percent per year with very little volatility.
«Don't get too excited about the upward tick in the Pending Home Sales Index — it is merely oscillation around a seven month - downward trend.
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