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rising

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verb

present participle of rise
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rising
Noun
For Sagittarius risings, the planet is considered their chart ruler and has a significant impact on their birth chart. Athena Sobhan, People.com, 24 Nov. 2024 And with the gap between the rich and the poor rising, this doesn't appear to be an off-base assessment. Justin Klawans, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
The Consumer Pulse report showed that 51 percent of shoppers are anxious about the rising cost of living driven by higher energy and housing costs in the winter months. Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 27 Dec. 2024 With prices still rising after the Covid-19 pandemic caused inflation to spike, shoppers at high and low income level are flocking to stores providing the best prices on commodities. Peter Cohan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for rising
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rising
Noun
  • This historic protest inaugurated a summer of 300 to 500 barricades across France, establishing the tractor blockade as a symbol of agricultural revolt.
    Made by History, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
  • However, the worse the prison’s conditions become — as the workers are forced to slave away on secret Death Star parts with no promise of release — the more Kino is pushed to join Cassian and his brewing prisoner revolt.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The stakes are high: Prescription drug spending continues its relentless climb, projected to grow at an average rate of 5% from 2021 to 2030.
    Yasser Almuaala, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The reading outpaced Reuters’ expectations of a 3.2% climb, and compares against 2.4% in March.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The team, however, is not increasing season-ticket prices in the upper level, per the spokesperson.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Those in his position often pride themselves on insulation, increasing efficiency or an Ivy League education, a few foundations around which the Houston Astros have constructed their golden era.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Information about bodily sensations like pain, touch, itch, and movement gets conveyed from the periphery to the brain via the ascending sensory pathway.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In September 2024, the star opened up about how Ryan’s ascending fame affected their relationship.
    Brendan Le, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Arrested repeatedly since the height of the Egyptian uprising in 2011, he was sentenced in 2021 to an additional five years in prison for spreading false news and assaulting a police officer – charges that human rights organizations say were politically motivated.
    Mounira Elsamra, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Their uprising over, they are presented with a fresh set of challenges under the rule of a cunning pig named Napoleon (Rogen).
    Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike most of football’s recent risers, Glimt’s ascent has not coincided with a takeover from a billionaire or sovereign wealth fund.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Gold's ascent, therefore, is not simply a story of market cycles.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Operators are used in quantum physics to perform transformations on quantum states arising through changes in physical factors.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The filing also addresses the company's reliance on external management and potential conflicts of interest arising from its relationship with Blackstone and its affiliates.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Users have convened on 4chan to plan hacks like DDoS attacks, and conspiracy theories that festered on 4chan even reportedly inspired the January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol.
    Matt Burgess, Wired News, 15 Apr. 2025
  • With military support from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain’s Sunni dictator Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa survived a Shiite insurrection.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Rising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rising. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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