free-climbs

verb

present tense third-person singular of free-climb
as in ascends

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  1. ascends
  2. scales
  3. mounts
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  • Finishing touches include a skylit stairwell that ascends to a rooftop deck offering open city skyline views, plus laundry facilities on both the basement and fourth levels.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The two remain royals, but growing speculation hints that once Prince William ascends the throne, that might change.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of ascends
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  • Initial availability will be limited, with capacity increasing as the company scales.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Unlike the typical, Western beauty origin story — where an entrepreneur launches a specialized startup and scales through venture capital — Fas does not have a single founder.
    — Kati Chitrakorn, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of scales
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  • This roving work mounts an investigation into that which is typically dismissed as unserious—for example, fashion, perfume, and romantic comedies.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Printing circuits on curves One of the team’s systems mounts an aerosol jet printer on an articulated robotic arm.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of mounts
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“Free-climbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free-climbs. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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