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riser

noun

Definition of riser

as in scaffold

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Recent Examples of riser Eriksen is another riser who narrowly missed the cut for the overall top 10. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Tickets with picnic-style general admission seating at CLARA Studios will cost $30 per person, while dedicated riser spots go for $60 per person. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Thanks to a fallen tree limb, and because of the holiday, our shack on Shabbona was without power for four days, or until a replacement riser pole which connects us to the grid was replaced the following Tuesday. — Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Expect travelers working on laptops by day, and by night, the motorized liquor riser—stacked with 1,500 bottles—steals the spotlight, a clever riff on NYC’s old automats. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for riser

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Scientists dream of making spider silk into high-performing materials for seat belts, helmets, naval materials, and even scaffolds to help repair brain cells.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Once applied, the gel forms a thin layer over the tooth that acts like a scaffold, guiding calcium and phosphate from saliva into new crystals that follow the structure of the enamel underneath.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

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Residents of Urda placed 69 candles near the altar in honor of the victims.

— Francisco Seco, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Now, more than three decades later, that very SEC Championship Game is being sacrificed on the altar of progress with the announcement earlier this week that college football will expand its playoff from 12 teams to 24 starting next season.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026

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The current American political class has nobody at a Rice-speech-scale pulpit either.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026
Video of the incident shared to social media shows Sánchez Molinari standing at the pulpit during Mass as a woman in the congregation recites a prayer.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2026

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