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Recent Examples of riser
Meanwhile, second-year riser Cam Spencer is in the 98 percentile for points per shot at shooting guard, according to Cleaning the Glass.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Stroud is a postseason riser, winning one game in each of the last two playoffs.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Jan. 2026
Here, guests can grab an early riser breakfast or an array of lunch options including sandwiches and salads.
—Kristen E. Pope, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
The brothers continued their tinkering by putting Erica (Priah Ferguson) on a riser, submerging Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) in water, and placing Steve precariously on the edge of Fallon's desk.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Stroud is a postseason riser, winning one game in each of the last two playoffs.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Jan. 2026
Here, guests can grab an early riser breakfast or an array of lunch options including sandwiches and salads.
—Kristen E. Pope, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
The brothers continued their tinkering by putting Erica (Priah Ferguson) on a riser, submerging Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) in water, and placing Steve precariously on the edge of Fallon's desk.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riser
Noun
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It is derived from the ancient Edinburgh Tolbooth, which became a 19th century prison, scaffold and all.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The ordinary pleasures and frustrations of interdependence wither under fawning’s pathologizing scaffold.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Esperanza makes an altar on the vanity and prepares the space for chanting, a prayer meeting but more unapologetic, ritualistic and communal.—
Celina Pereira,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Where Wilson and Fischer really deepen Wills-Jones’ tale is in the private moments between the fisherwoman and her wicker husband, who awaits her at the altar in a handsome new suit and shoes borrowed from her neighbors — the tailor (Nabhaan Rizwan), shoemaker (Scott Alexander Yougng) and so on.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The pulpit where sermons were preached looked like an abstract disaster.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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With her latest, Pearce puts forth a perspective of grace and faith, offering a rebuttal to shame, guilt, and judgmental messages that can too often flow from church pulpits and critical people.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Riser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riser. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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