to bring (something volatile or intense) into being
a proposal to cover the library's red brick with vinyl siding raised a mighty ruckus with those favoring historical preservation
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Recent Examples of raises
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And autonomy raises the cost of error, because outputs turn into actions.—
Emily Lewis-Pinnell,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2026 The Federal Open Market Committee typically raises rates to help tame inflation, which rose faster than paychecks over the year in July and has remained above the Fed’s 2% target for five years.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2026 The update raises that limit to 700, including 100 tied to a potential new ferry dock.—
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
1 Sep. 2026 Larkin earned almost 40% of the vote in a Zionist stronghold district that includes Boca Raton and Miami Beach, where progressive criticism of Israel raises alarms among many institutions and voters.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Aug. 2026 Amazon also faces another sweeping lawsuit by the FTC and 17 states that paints the company as a monopolist that suffocates competitors and raises costs for both sellers and shoppers.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
31 Aug. 2026 The repatriation of millions of Syrians further raises the political stakes.—
Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Aug. 2026 Television, advertising entertainment news Apple TV raises prices without offering an ad tier, testing how much viewers will pay.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Aug. 2026 The nonprofit raises 80% of the cost of each mural, up to $10,000.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2026
Noun
Nick Schroeder, an analyst with the Legislative Analyst’s Office, earlier this month said the only indication of unfunded raises was the omission itself.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2026 However, they’re heavily weighted toward beginning educators, who can expect to see raises of around 17%.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Aug. 2026 Even after those raises went into effect, the LAPD has lost officers and has been struggling to fill its Police Academy classes, Raman said.—Los Angeles Times,
20 Aug. 2026 Annual raises were to be calculated based on the inflation rate, but capped at the average increase in salary given to the district’s workforce.—
Austin Horn,
Miami Herald,
20 Aug. 2026 That failure to peg pay raises to inflation caused real wage losses, the research found.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
18 Aug. 2026 The district’s offer includes a total of 8% in raises over two years — 2% retroactive to the start of this year, another 2% for this past July and 4% next July — plus a $2,500 one-time payment for full-time employees.—
A.d. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2026
The rooms were part of Kusama’s ongoing exploration of self-obliteration and her career-long ambition to create work that provokes a keen awareness of both one’s individual insignificance and place in the wider cosmic system.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2026
Now, new research reveals this kind of high-intensity training provokes a remarkably robust response throughout the bloodstream.
At the other end, Robert Sanchez elicits blue murder and the combination is riotous and compelling.
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George Caulkin,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2026
Researchers say the practice elicits a stronger response from the parasympathetic nervous system, the network of nerves that helps the body relax after stress.
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Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Aug. 2026
Bringing together farmers, suppliers, brands, and investors from across the globe actually builds the relationships that make things move.
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Bart Vollaard,
Footwear News,
2 Sep. 2026
China builds access road for rescue crews On the Chinese side, rescue crews completed a makeshift road to the disaster site at Gyirong Port on the Nepal border, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Wednesday.
But if that decision introduces longer transportation times, reduces product shelf life or increases waste, the gain in one KPI may negatively affect KPIs for shipping, customer satisfaction, loss prevention, etc.
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Guy Yehiav,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2026
While the first dose means a child is largely protected from the infections, a second dose increases protection.
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