on the rise
idiom
1
: increasing in amount, number, level, etc.
Prices are on the rise again.
The water level in the lake is on the rise.
2
: becoming more successful, popular, etc.
an actress whose career is on the rise
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Hingham enjoyed a week off to start the season and has been on the rise in recent years while slowly building toward something great.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Public officials from both sides of the aisle and law enforcement have been raising the alarm about political violence being on the rise in America, with public officials being increasingly targeted by violent attacks.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Divorce was on the rise in the 1920s and 1930s and spiked after wars, like the Civil War, World War I, and later, World War II, when spouses cheated on one another while husbands were deployed.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
In Jahmil Eady’s folklore horror short Haint, imminent threats to Southern Black culture are on the rise when a series of gentrifiers in their small community mysteriously begin to die.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Public officials from both sides of the aisle and law enforcement have been raising the alarm about political violence being on the rise in America, with public officials being increasingly targeted by violent attacks.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Divorce was on the rise in the 1920s and 1930s and spiked after wars, like the Civil War, World War I, and later, World War II, when spouses cheated on one another while husbands were deployed.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
In Jahmil Eady’s folklore horror short Haint, imminent threats to Southern Black culture are on the rise when a series of gentrifiers in their small community mysteriously begin to die.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for on the rise
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