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
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Hay alleged Combs was erect, further claiming that Combs did not ejaculate before leaving the room.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 18 Nov. 2025
Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
The seller in the deal, Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church, erected the first buildings on campus in 1977 and constructed additions 20 years later.
—Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
These types of restrictions allegedly suppress team earnings and erect barriers to entry for any rival to the Cup Series.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Nov. 2025
Hay alleged Combs was erect, further claiming that Combs did not ejaculate before leaving the room.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 18 Nov. 2025
Verb
Or erect a barrier fence to reduce the amount of salt exposure from snow removal equipment and ice melting products.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
The seller in the deal, Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church, erected the first buildings on campus in 1977 and constructed additions 20 years later.
—Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erect
Adjective
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The United Center crowd held a standing ovation in support of Murray during a tribute video.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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The dealmaking has already gone through Sunday night and began almost as soon as the movie received a standing ovation after its Saturday night premiere at the Eccles Theatre and then enjoyed rave reviews.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Jan. 2026
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The health care company also raised its forecast range for profit this fiscal year.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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In the wake of Bad Bunny's halftime show selection in September, many critics raised concerns about a potential language barrier for English-language viewers.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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Engineers built the platform to scale across mission profiles.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Importantly, it was built to work no matter the weather, wind, or altitude the torch would encounter on its over 7,000-mile-long journey from Olympia, Greece to Milan, Italy.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Fox Entertainment and Dhar Mann’s production company Dhar Mann Studios are teaming up to create microdramas for Holywater’s MyDrama platform, marking Mann’s first foray into the burgeoning vertical videos business.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Jan. 2026
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Nagahisa and regular cinematographer Hiroaki Takeda capture these traumatic moments as frames within frames — doorways, mirrors, and corners as small windows seen at a distance — vertical rectangles like phone screens.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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And big-money politics is also rearing its ugly head in local races.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, Sean Dyche’s controversial policy on towels in saunas reared its ugly head again after Nottingham Forest’s win at Brentford on Sunday.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Kane often complains on social media that state gaming laws were constructed with traditional sportsbooks in mind, a process that failed to conceptualize exchanges.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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They were deliberately constructed to justify enslavement, land theft and unequal treatment under the law.—
Rosalind Osgood,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Nat has been resurrected as both her recognizable self, a stoic beauty dressed David Byrne-style with shoulder pads as wide as a refrigerator, and in appliance form as her own upright vacuum — another one — whose plastic shell is her exact shade of burgundy hair.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Lean this large, elegantly arched mirror against a wall, or use the convenient stand to keep it upright—no hardware or drilling required.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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The San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys legend actually got a chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy a sixth time Tuesday, as the NFL tabbed him to unveil it at the Super Bowl LX fan experience as part of honoring a longtime FedEx employee.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The elderly man was then hoisted into a helicopter before he was transferred to an ambulance, officials said.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Erect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erect. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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