Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for semierect
Adjective
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But Davis’ measurables rival anyone in Denver’s room — 4.36-second 40-yard dash and 40.5-inch vertical at his pro day — and he’s made several plays throughout camp.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
31 July 2025 -
He’s continued to show flashes in jet sweeps, but is also showing improvement getting vertical in the route tree and as a run blocker, sealing off outside linebacker Brennan Jackson – who outweighs Smith by close to 90 pounds – on a run Thursday.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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The name of Fort Benning, for example, was suggested by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, an organization that sought to rewrite history textbooks and erect monuments that honored the Confederacy and downplayed slavery's centrality to the Civil War.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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Construction crews pour concrete and erect steel faster every year, yet one stubborn line item keeps projects over budget: paperwork.—
Shuangling Yin,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Cena was getting a standing ovation in his final SummerSlam when Lesnar's music blared for the first time in two years.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Understudy Bella Brown reportedly stepped in for Zegler for Act 2 and received a standing ovation that lasted nearly five minutes.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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But with the boat between 50 and 100 yards from the craggy shore near Rubicon Point, its engine failed, causing the vessel to turn broadside — perpendicular — to the oncoming waves, the NTSB said.—
Ethan Wolin
Updated July 23,
Sacbee.com,
23 July 2025
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In April, the brand opened a 1,100-square-foot flagship on Rue François 1er, a perpendicular to luxury shopping epicenter Avenue Montaigne.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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The exterior lines, with that high plumb bow and endless glass, come from the drawing board of Britain’s Redman Whitely Dixon studio.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
11 June 2025
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In My Mother and Eye, 2025, a sweeping Public Art Fund project installed in bus shelters across New York City, Boston, and Chicago, eleven discrete photographic collages plumb this intangible meeting point.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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Remove any water sprouts—boldly upright growing green stems rising from interior branches.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Aug. 2025
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Kirsh’s shock of white hair and dry, sardonic air give Olyphant refreshing distance from the upright lawmen he’s known for.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Semierect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semierect. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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