Usually means: Increasing or rising in extent.
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  1. upsweeping: Merriam-Webster
  2. upsweeping: Collins English Dictionary
  3. upsweeping: Wiktionary
  4. upsweeping: Dictionary.com
  5. upsweeping: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (upsweep)

noun:  An upward sweep or curve.
noun:  (swimming) The upward motion of a swimmer's arm.
noun:  A hairstyle where most of the hair is fastened into place at the top of the head.
noun:  (oceanography) The unidentified sound detected on the American NOAA's equatorial autonomous hydrophone arrays, consisting of a long train of narrow-band upsweeping sounds of several seconds in duration.
verb:  To sweep or curve upwards.
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