erects

verb

present tense third-person singular of erect
1
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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2
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erects
  1. raises
  2. builds
  3. lifts
  4. constructs
  5. rears
  6. assembles
  7. hoists
  8. creates
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  • Fuller, who is represented by attorneys Geoffrey Tabor and Timothy O’Reilly, raises antitrust and breach of contract claims that have become familiar in college athlete litigation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 July 2026
  • But a lengthy rollout raises questions about whether the model can become a scalable solution to the state’s housing crisis — the sale comes more than two years after the state made such transactions possible.
    — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Definition of raises
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  • Feeding results back to employees and visibly acting on them builds trust.
    — Gary Zammit, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Idol is looking to get Michael Kors’ sales from about $3 billion back to $4 billion, while Jimmy Choo builds from $600 million to $800 million.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Definition of builds
Verb
  • One where technology protects, connects, and lifts people up.
    — Alain Berset, Time, 6 July 2026
  • Bovary is in some sense a morality tale, but what lifts it above didacticism, along with its bone-deep interiority, is that its romantic plotlines are as addictive as the genre works that have ruined poor Emma Bovary.
    — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of lifts
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  • The Yale startup, which constructs quantum computers, was acquired in January for $550 million by D-Wave, a leading quantum business based in Palo Alto, Calif.
    — P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026
  • The mRNA is then read by a piece of molecular machinery called the ribosome, which constructs the protein — a process called translation.
    — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026
Definition of constructs
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  • Violence rears its ugly head in the small seaside town, and like the waves of the stormy sea, the impact will be devastating.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 June 2026
  • Even though aeration units have been installed to add ozone to the water and slow the growth of algae, the pool’s water must still be cycled, which is where the problem of broken pipes again rears its ugly head.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026
Definition of rears
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  • An employee assembles a long-range drone in a workshop of the Fire Point company which manufactures FP-1 deep-strike drones and FP-2 strike drones in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on January 29, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • In terms of overall quality, the movie the player assembles out of that 652-page framework isn’t bad!
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
Definition of assembles
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  • Head coach Dusty May of the Michigan Wolverines hoists the trophy after defeating the UConn Huskies 69-63.
    — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • Another 103 matches – including six in Santa Clara – will be played until one of the 48 countries hoists the iconic gold trophy on July 19 in New Jersey.
    — Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 7 June 2026
Definition of hoists
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  • This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Aside from the peeling of the waterproof coating, the reflecting pool has been plagued by an algae bloom, a persistent problem due to Washington’s high heat during the summer and the pool’s shallow depth, which creates an ideal biological incubator.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 6 July 2026
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