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Recent Examples of riser
At the annual Oscar nominations lunch, gauging the applause meter is part of the game, as the Academy rep (in this case, Lou Diamond Phillips) calls each nominee up to the riser for the class photo.
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026
Nvidia was the Dow’s highest riser Friday, closing the day with a gain of 8 percent.
—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
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026
Nvidia was the Dow’s highest riser Friday, closing the day with a gain of 8 percent.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riser
Noun
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One such affair claimed an extra life when the executioner’s son ascended the scaffold to brandish a head, lost his footing, and fell to his death.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Design grows dense forests of carbon nanotubes The design grows dense forests of carbon nanotubes directly onto copper foil and coats them with a thin layer of silicon, creating a flexible, conductive scaffold that can absorb expansion while maintaining performance.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Thursday’s reveal largely reflects the leaks that have trickled out since November, when the Padres posted a teaser video featuring wrestler Dominik Mysterio, a San Diego native, approaching an ofrenda, the altar used for Dia de los Muertos.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Inside, hanging in the middle of the aisle just before the altar, is the church bell.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There is a limit to how much the mayor’s office can do — like, say, compel the governor to raise taxes in order to fund a set of programs that were central to one’s campaign — but as an organizing apparatus, City Hall is an incredible pulpit.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
6 Apr. 2026
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Some wiped away tears as Fayyad named one by one the southern churches, illustrated in the cardboard cutouts next to the pulpit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Riser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riser. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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