1
as in increased
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
the snow accumulation is rising at an alarming rate
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2
as in woke
to leave one's bed
I generally rise around six and leave for work by seven
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3
as in climbed
to move or extend upward
mountains majestically rising towards the sky
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Recent Examples of rose
The Wild sold the Beer Twigs during the regular season, but the team has seen an uptick in sales since the games rose in importance.
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Blow would serve as a mentor and muse for McQueen as his career rose, but their relationship fell apart when McQueen became head designer at Givenchy and didn’t land her a position at the fashion house.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 11 May 2026
The duo rose to prominence together, even as the music sounded more and more like it was lost in a vortex.
—Miki Hellerbach, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Over the next decade, Hood steadily rose through the company’s ranks before being named CFO in 2013.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 May 2026
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 12 May 2026
Blow would serve as a mentor and muse for McQueen as his career rose, but their relationship fell apart when McQueen became head designer at Givenchy and didn’t land her a position at the fashion house.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 11 May 2026
The duo rose to prominence together, even as the music sounded more and more like it was lost in a vortex.
—Miki Hellerbach, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Over the next decade, Hood steadily rose through the company’s ranks before being named CFO in 2013.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rose
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The lead times for high-voltage transformers, essential for grid interconnection, have increased to as long as four years.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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On Darlene Lane, the flow of contamination increased in late April and continues to seep into their neighbor’s yard.—
Nick Bowlin,
ProPublica,
18 May 2026
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The name of the person who woke him up was redacted.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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My hero tenderly wrapped his snow-white daughter in a cravat; my heroine woke with a stab of fear, wondering where her stomach had gone.—
Eloisa James,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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Djena got her backpack and climbed out through the bathroom window, on the second floor.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Dayson reportedly climbed over a fence and dropped into a dry moat surrounding the monkey exhibit at Ichikawa City Zoo outside Tokyo.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Becerra has since won endorsements from influential labor groups and Latino state leaders, and his once anemic fundraising has swelled.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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The popularity of Dry January has swelled.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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The sides agreed to the terms of the first three years, but disputes arose over the final year.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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Hence, enterprise software and, eventually, supply chain software development companies arose.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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So far, only 29 people have ascended to this level above their industry peers, with Collins accomplishing the feat this year due to his solo and Genesis catalogues.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
14 May 2026
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Extrajudicial killings spread across the country when Duterte became president and Dela Rosa ascended the upper echelons of the national police force, according to Human Rights Watch.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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The intense recruitment drive has accelerated since January, reflecting the increasingly crucial role of drone warfare in the conflict, now into its fifth year.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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Plans for how the offense, defense and special teams were going to look needed to be accelerated.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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The red carpet has been rolled out at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in the South of France.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Kohlmann says every device should soon have a unique root password, one that Yarbo won’t provide to end users; firmware updates have already rolled out to the first 1,000 machines and are coming to additional waves of robots.—
Sean Hollister,
The Verge,
11 May 2026
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“Rose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rose. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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