as in standing
rising straight up
a lone tree remained erect after the terrible tornado had passed
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1
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
Melissa Harris, Artforum, 10 July 2025
Construction crews pour concrete and erect steel faster every year, yet one stubborn line item keeps projects over budget: paperwork.
—Shuangling Yin, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Archaeologists concluded the structure was actually a false tomb, or a cenotaph, a type of burial monument erected to honor a deceased person buried elsewhere.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The guardians stand erect, with arms crossed at their chests and relief-like musculature superimposed on their bodies.
—Melissa Harris, Artforum, 10 July 2025
Construction crews pour concrete and erect steel faster every year, yet one stubborn line item keeps projects over budget: paperwork.
—Shuangling Yin, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Verb
More than three years after breaking ground, the developer behind the Riverwalk project is finally in a financial position to erect its first residential and retail buildings on the expansive Mission Valley property that follows Friars Road west of Fashion Valley.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Archaeologists concluded the structure was actually a false tomb, or a cenotaph, a type of burial monument erected to honor a deceased person buried elsewhere.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erect
Adjective
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Abrego Garcia, currently in immigration custody, became a symbol of the administration’s hardline deportation policies after courts ruled his initial expulsion to El Salvador violated a standing order.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Keeping your core engaged and a soft bend in your standing knee, hinge forward from your hips while lifting your left leg straight behind you.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s lack of specifics on his new 10% Canada tariff raised key questions for Erica York, vice president of federal tax policy at the Tax Foundation.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Owsley Brown Frazier, a fourth-generation descendant of George Garvin Brown, alone raised more than $500 million in his lifetime.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Lea has built a culture of belief while competing against programs with more resources.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
30 Oct. 2025
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The discovery of the body reinvigorated the investigation, with prosecutors previously building their case against Barry before Suzanne's body had been discovered.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Palace are one of the most vertical attacking teams around.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Stratton offers more than 2,000 feet in vertical drop and one of the few slope-side villages on the East Coast.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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Scientists have tried to artificially bolster Florida’s coral populations by rearing colonies in nurseries both onshore and offshore, but the success of these efforts will depend on the frequency and severity of future bleaching events, the report said.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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The stain of William’s birth reared its head in London only when—at a surprisingly early age—he was named a royal governor.—
Stacy Schiff,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Radiolarian skeletons are typically constructed of an orderly mesh of rigid polygons.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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As for what's happened to the donations over the years, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently reported that Morehouse College officials will use the $20 million donation the school received to construct a new campus center building.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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An additional photo shows a low shelter, barely tall enough to sit upright, covered in foliage camouflaging the family’s location.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Plants bloom well in shady locations and fill the late-summer gap with narrow, upright panicles packed with white or pink blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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Most of those trout that were netted and hoisted for a picture likely lived, splashing water through the air and then disappearing back into the river.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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Wednesday was their first test together, forming the middle of the starting lineup between solid centre Jakob Poeltl and 3-point-hoisting guard Immanuel Quickley.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Erect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erect. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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