erects

present tense third-person singular of erect
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for erects
Verb
  • The butter, which has honey in it, raises a serious concern.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Exercise itself raises body temperature because of all the additional heat produced by the cellular work involved.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The new spot builds on Pitt’s 2021 debut with the brand, but instead of leaning into elegance and artistry, this round highlights ease and fun.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • China’s upcoming mission builds on this growing awareness and follows NASA’s 2022 effort, considered the world’s first planetary defense test.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The heated air then rises, similar to how a hot air balloon lifts off.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Another hinge lifts the screen up and toward the user.
    Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Holland constructs a fragmented, kaleidoscopic portrait that blends real episodes with Kafka’s fiction and his strange afterlife as both cultural prophet and commercial brand.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • To facilitate such a mix, Alameddine constructs The True True Story of Raja the Gullible like an accordion, bracketing it with two short chapters set in 2023 and using the space between them to take his narrator back and forth in time.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The problem really has to do with mentality, the fact that even after securing its first trophy in over a decade, the idea of being challengers, the Spursy curse still rears its head.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This was likely due to the injuries the team sustained, which could be an issue that rears its ugly head again.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The screams, the reason everyone assembles, when the screams come, after a few collective inhales and exhales and a moment to gather one’s thoughts, the screams come like long guttural howls.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The convoy assembles In order to have a car show with loud exhausts and big rumbling engines in a residential neighborhood, Fizel had to make a few calls.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Matthew hoists the Cup on the cover of the standard edition of NHL 26 — the first player to do so since Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks on NHL 16.
    Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • After the rescuer hooks the hikers to the line, the helicopter crew hoists all three from the area.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lambert has the blazing speed of a top-six forward — like Nikolaj Ehlers, whose offseason departure creates a hole in Winnipeg’s top six — while Salomonsson dominated in his best AHL games last season.
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Using ripe Brown Turkey figs and room-temperature butter creates the best flavor and texture.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Erects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erects. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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