as in standing
rising straight up
a lone tree remained erect after the terrible tornado had passed
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as in to raise
to fix in an upright position
the tribes of the Pacific Northwest erected totem poles in front of their dwellings
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as in to build
to form by putting together parts or materials
we'd better erect some sort of shelter before these woods are in total darkness
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Recent Examples of erect
Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
Plants add stunning texture and shining color to the garden with metallic, lavender-blue bracts surrounding flowers that stand erect on purple stems.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 6 June 2025
USA Today, 30 July 2025
What To Know The Stockholm Wood City, spearheaded by developer Atrium Ljungberg, is being erected in Sickla, a former industrial area south of Stockholm's center.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Adjective
Cut plants back to the ground after flowering to avoid unwanted re-seeding.
Name: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Size: 3-6 feet tall, 2-3 feet wide
Zones: 4-8
Swamp Milkweed
The large clusters of pink or rose-purple flowers appear in summer at the tops of tall, erect stems.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2025
Plants add stunning texture and shining color to the garden with metallic, lavender-blue bracts surrounding flowers that stand erect on purple stems.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 6 June 2025
Verb
This bar and eatery – with a roaring fireplace, Art Deco bar, custom stained glass, Prohibition relics and expert mixologists – opened in 2015, but the building has been a pub since it was erected months after Prohibition ended in 1933.
—USA Today, 30 July 2025
What To Know The Stockholm Wood City, spearheaded by developer Atrium Ljungberg, is being erected in Sickla, a former industrial area south of Stockholm's center.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erect
Adjective
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Cena was getting a standing ovation in his final SummerSlam when Lesnar's music blared for the first time in two years.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Audiences responded by giving Brown a standing ovation that lasted nearly five minutes.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Utility officials opened a dam and released 4 billion gallons of water to raise the river's level.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Indiana Democrats are using Vice President J.D. Vance's visit to raise money ahead of a potential redistricting fight.—
Tony Cook,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
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Toyota also announced Thursday a plan to build a new vehicle factory in Japan, where car sales have been falling due to a shrinking population and declining ownership.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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If your system requires constant work to function, look for a scalable solution that’s built to adapt, not break.—
Tim Pratte,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Prior estimates all relied on a method that incorporates the length and vertical relief of uplifted landforms, but that produces different shrinkage estimates depending on the number of faults included in the dataset.—
Sarah Stanley,
Space.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Career growth inside companies still follows a narrow script—progress often defined by vertical movement alone.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When disturbed, cabbage loopers frequently rear up like a cobra.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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The true Bombers also rear their ugly head at around the same exact time each season.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The design of the bag is constructed in a maze-like pattern, and the bottom is wide, so there’s more room to pack your items next to each other instead of on top of one another.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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For the spring 2024 show, Lauren constructed an artist’s loft in a barn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, reminiscent of his Double RL Ranch.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Her fossil showcased a mixture of humanlike and apelike traits and provided proof that ancient human relatives walked upright 3.2 million years ago.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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The vacuum converts from an upright device into a handheld to easily clean couches, curtains, and crevices.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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To hoist the orb onto the overhead line, a crew member attaches it to a quadcopter drone and pilots it up with a remote control.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
13 Aug. 2025
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More Getty Images Scheffler hasn't teed it up since hoisting the Claret Jug at Royal Portrush last month.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Erect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erect. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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