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erects

verb

present tense third-person singular of erect

as in raises

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 builds

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 erects The university erects a study tent inside K-Ville with desks and power strips to charge laptops and phones. —

David Ubben, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026 This approach still erects a financial barrier for the hundreds of thousands of San Diego County residents who have supported Balboa Park institutions for generations. —

Judy Gradwohl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 The Pitt’s 15-episode season, simple premise, empathetic performances, and weekly release schedule, combined with a focus on ruthlessly realistic competence, erects a new benchmark for what good TV looks like in the streaming era. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025

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The extreme heat has been supercharged by global warming, driven by humans burning fossil fuels, which raises the background temperature, making every heat wave more intense.

— Taylor Ward, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
Before Crowley was ousted, the city’s top financial analyst pushed back on her budget-cutting narrative, saying that spending on the Fire Department actually went up during that budget year — in large part because of a package of firefighter raises.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026