upraising 1 of 2

present participle of upraise

upraising

2 of 2

noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for upraising
Verb
  • London time, lifting the company to the top of the Stoxx 600 index.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Palantir Technologies jumped 24% and was one of the strongest forces lifting the S&P 500 after reporting a better profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The administration accuses other countries of erecting unfair trade barriers to keep out American exports and using underhanded tactics to promote their own.
    Time, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
  • But then, signs went up in the park and other Manhattan plazas, warning that camping, erecting tents, lying down, sleeping bags and the placement of personal property on the ground were prohibited.
    Karsten Moran, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The dashboard comes at a time when the justice system is still adjusting to major changes, like the elimination of cash bail in 2023 in addition to the massive upheaval brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • The closing comes at a time of mild upheaval in the Coconut Grove culinary scene.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • The suit alleges that millions of Times articles were used without authorization in training AI models, raising fundamental questions about intellectual property rights in the digital age.
    Sol Rashidi, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The biggest hurdle is raising the $160,000 needed to send 21 students and four chaperones across the Atlantic.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The thrust of Verdigets’ early focus would be business fundamentals — building a holding structure for Nateland, assessing and fine-tuning the company’s revenue-cost ratio, and helping to define its five key verticals, including Touring, Digital, TV/Film, Experiences, and Products and Merchandise.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 June 2025
  • Super Heavy alone is powered by 33 of SpaceX’s Raptor engines that give the initial burst of thrust at liftoff.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Director Kenneth Branagh treats the fairy tale with as much respect and elegance as a Shakespeare play, elevating the source material to something grander.
    Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Taylor, 56, is coming off of back-to-back 3-9 seasons at Stanford after elevating Sacramento State upon his arrival there in 2019 into an immediate FCS powerhouse, winning three Big Sky Conference championships.
    Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The upsurge in supply of nickel metal—a commodity vital for auto batteries—has prompted a slump in prices, with benchmark refined futures in London hitting the lowest since 2020 earlier this year.
    Alfred Cang, Fortune, 19 June 2025
  • With diminished vaccine demand and increasing competition in the mRNA sector, the recent upsurge may not signify a sustainable turnaround, but instead, a fleeting reaction to favorable regulatory news.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • The team also confirmed that deep mantle upwellings are closely tied to tectonic plate motion.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 June 2025
  • This is the fourth consecutive year a lethal algae bloom has occurred along the Southern California coast, fueled by an upwelling of nutrient-rich waters from the deep ocean.
    Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
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“Upraising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upraising. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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