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Recent Examples of riser
Nvidia was the Dow’s highest riser Friday, closing the day with a gain of 8 percent.
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Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2026
On the position player side, Florida State product Alex Lodise — drafted in the second round in 2025 — will have the chance to be a fast riser.
—Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
That team knocked Canada off its 20-year hold atop the Olympics riser.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
According to mall’s owners, an HVAC contractor will need to replace the motor for the heater in one of the mall’s sprinkler riser rooms.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
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Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2026
On the position player side, Florida State product Alex Lodise — drafted in the second round in 2025 — will have the chance to be a fast riser.
—Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
That team knocked Canada off its 20-year hold atop the Olympics riser.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
According to mall’s owners, an HVAC contractor will need to replace the motor for the heater in one of the mall’s sprinkler riser rooms.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riser
Noun
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The companies could be using improved, unreleased versions of their LLMs or some more robust, internal scaffolds.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
16 Mar. 2026
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Even after prolonged blindness, these models can still act as a scaffold over which the brains of the newly-sighted can learn to see.—
Sachin Rawat,
Big Think,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The duo are living next door to each other in Columbus, with Bri revealing she and Connor will make it to the altar in the future.—
Sarah Hearon,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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After forgetting to kiss at the altar, the couple rectified the error on the Buckingham Palace balcony in front of 600,000 onlookers.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Reverend Cross never got to deliver his sermon from his pulpit on the day of the bombing.—
John Archibald,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2026
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Mercy Culture’s pastors hung a candidate’s banner behind the pulpit, endorsed politicians during Sunday services, said that people who vote for Democrats weren’t truly Christian, and described Kamala Harris as a demonic Jezebel taking the form of a snake encircling the White House.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Riser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riser. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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