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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  • Analysts said the persistence of such underlying weakness also raises the question of whether Chinese officials will turn to more fiscal stimulus to try and boost domestic spending.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • Diaz's go-to no-gear routine is one minute of squats, one minute of high knees, and one minute of calf raises.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 14 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
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  • Stand at the boat ramp below the hillside at first light, and the steam lifts off the current in slow curtains while birds cut silhouettes through a sky that has no business being that beautiful.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
  • The marketing style resonates equality across age groups and lifts purchase intent.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 13 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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  • Voting inertia rears its head for The Bear’s largely forgettable fourth season.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 July 2026
  • 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
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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  • During play, participants are constantly switching between jogging, sprinting and directional changes, which creates cardiovascular conditioning similar to structured interval training.
    — Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
  • This creates an immediate sensing-to-action response, while each chamber operates independently to distinguish forces along horizontal, lateral, and vertical directions.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Definition of creates

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