upraises

verb

present tense third-person singular of upraise
1
as in lifts
to move from a lower to a higher place or position the runner's arms were upraised in a sign of victory as he crossed the finish line

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2
as in erects
to fix in an upright position archaeologists are still not sure how the mysterious statues on Easter Island were upraised

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  1. lifts
  2. erects
  3. raises
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  • One where technology protects, connects, and lifts people up.
    — Alain Berset, Time, 6 July 2026
  • Bovary is in some sense a morality tale, but what lifts it above didacticism, along with its bone-deep interiority, is that its romantic plotlines are as addictive as the genre works that have ruined poor Emma Bovary.
    — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of lifts
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  • The university erects a study tent inside K-Ville with desks and power strips to charge laptops and phones.
    — David Ubben, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • This approach still erects a financial barrier for the hundreds of thousands of San Diego County residents who have supported Balboa Park institutions for generations.
    — Judy Gradwohl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of erects
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  • Fuller, who is represented by attorneys Geoffrey Tabor and Timothy O’Reilly, raises antitrust and breach of contract claims that have become familiar in college athlete litigation.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 July 2026
  • But a lengthy rollout raises questions about whether the model can become a scalable solution to the state’s housing crisis — the sale comes more than two years after the state made such transactions possible.
    — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Definition of raises
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“Upraises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upraises. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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