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as in increased
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
the snow accumulation is rising at an alarming rate
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as in waked
to leave one's bed
I generally rise around six and leave for work by seven
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as in ascended
to move or extend upward
mountains majestically rising towards the sky
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Recent Examples of risen
Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
The floor of the conference has risen dramatically in the name, image and likeness/transfer portal era, and the ceiling has come down.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Patel is not alone in having risen from the service floor to the C-suite.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
In the last five years, the toy company’s share price (BBW) has risen nearly 2,000% – besting even tech companies riding the AI boom like Palantir, Nvidia and Microsoft.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
And now, all this time later, human beings have risen to prominence here on planet Earth, having reconstructed our cosmic history more successfully than ever before.
—Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
Today, that number has risen to 42%.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
While teacher turnover has declined, the rate for principals and superintendents has risen.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
My new novel, Saltcrop, is set in a world where sea levels have risen and started to eat away at city boundaries.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Property taxes have risen by 45 percent in Florida since 2019, following the skyrocketing of home values during the pandemic.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
The floor of the conference has risen dramatically in the name, image and likeness/transfer portal era, and the ceiling has come down.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Patel is not alone in having risen from the service floor to the C-suite.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
In the last five years, the toy company’s share price (BBW) has risen nearly 2,000% – besting even tech companies riding the AI boom like Palantir, Nvidia and Microsoft.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
And now, all this time later, human beings have risen to prominence here on planet Earth, having reconstructed our cosmic history more successfully than ever before.
—Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
Today, that number has risen to 42%.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
While teacher turnover has declined, the rate for principals and superintendents has risen.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
My new novel, Saltcrop, is set in a world where sea levels have risen and started to eat away at city boundaries.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for risen
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In recent years the amount of screen time at school has increased as students and teachers transition to digital learning.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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What To Know OpenMinds said that Russia had increased its contract military recruitment in 2025, with a 40 percent year-on-year increase in social media ads, especially on the social network VK, during the first half of 2025.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Before Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company, before its CEO, Jensen Huang, ascended to mononym fame, before the launch of ChatGPT sparked a gold rush for its chips, Tom Dalton was in the chipmaker’s stock.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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Through the first four weeks of Florida’s 2025 season, freshman receiver catcher Vernell Brown III had ascended into a starring role.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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But the unrelentingly positive energy, like the inflated compliment culture of Hollywood as a whole, begins to grate.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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The team surrounding the viral celebrity helped her into an inflated tub filled with water for the actual delivery.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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This was at least the fourth Ukrainian attack on Russian oil facilities in the last week, continuing a campaign that accelerated over the summer and has led to gasoline shortages in parts of Russia.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The deal accelerated over several crucial moments — Israel’s strike on Qatar, discussions on the sidelines of the recent United Nations General Assembly in New York City and Jared Kushner’s conversations with his father-in-law, these sources said.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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Resident Armando Vierra, an Army veteran, said the explosion woke him up and shook his house, nearly five miles from the plant.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Oct. 2025
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The day before Halloween in 2023, the sleeping girl woke in her home to the sound of Valenzuela yelling at her mother, according to prosecutors and court records.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The rapid escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies has sunk stocks, rattling investors and industries by igniting fears of a repeat of the tit-for-tat tariff battle in spring, when levies on Chinese and American imports soared to around 145% and 120% respectively.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Hooters reaches for the sky Hooters girls soared at 30,000 feet in the early 2000s.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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To avoid tired, swollen feet, swap your ankle socks out for these Charmking compression socks, which promote good blood circulation in the air.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Oct. 2025
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Affecting around five to 10 million people worldwide, ulcerative colitis (UC) is a long-term inflammatory disease that causes the gut lining to become swollen and develop ulcers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Water levels climbed into minor flood stage on Sunday afternoon in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and shut down Route 40 and Route 30 in both directions in and out of the city.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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As of August, completed, but unsold housing inventory had climbed to 762 million square meters, up from 753 million square meters in December 2024, S&P said.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Risen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/risen. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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