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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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Encumbered by antlers up to four feet tall and forty pounds in weight, a bull raises its immense jaws, antlers tilted toward his spine, and races through the woods until reaching safer ground.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Bass has called for hiring more officers and defending her Inside Safe homelessness program, while Raman has criticized the cost of police raises, called for broader public-safety responses and argued that the city needs a more accountable and cost-effective homelessness system.

— Teresa Liu, Daily News, 9 June 2026