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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 film’s use of religious imagery—in footage of the Islamic ritual tawaf on TV, in the positioning of speakers at the desert party like Catholic figurines on an altar—charges raving with a higher meaning.—
Álex Maroño Porto,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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Seasons 6 and 9 also featured single parents, neither of whom made it to the altar.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The number of women in Christian pulpits stands in jarring juxtaposition with the Easter narratives in the New Testament.—
Mary Foskett,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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From church pulpits to community gatherings, the policy U-turn was widely viewed as a betrayal of Black Americans who had propped up the retail giant's fortunes.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Riser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riser. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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