upraising 1 of 2

noun

as in upheaval

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verb

present participle of upraise
1
as in lifting
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 erecting
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. upheaval
  2. lifting
  3. erecting
  4. thrust
  5. raising
  6. rearing
  7. upsurge
  8. elevating
Noun
  • Management upheaval at Netflix continued Monday as the streamer’s head of films Dan Lin exited.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Law enforcement was deployed to contain the upheaval, and the government is holding public security summits on Monday to handle future responses.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of upheaval
Verb
  • Wealthier boomers aged into the 75-and-older bracket between surveys, lifting its median.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • China has opened much of its financial sector to foreign firms since 2018, gradually lifting foreign ownership caps on services such as securities, futures and fund management.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of lifting
Verb
  • The figures highlight the structural reliance of US tech on China, and the difficulties of erecting a materials and software firewall against Beijing.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The authority will be erecting acoustic barriers and will send alerts for blasting and other disruptions.
    — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of erecting
Noun
  • As Pacote delivers the fatal thrust with his sword, the bull raises its head and gores him.
    — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Neither state proposes an alternative to the Interior Department’s allocation; the thrust of their case is that the Interior Department hasn’t followed the law in imposing its own measures.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of thrust
Verb
  • And already this week, at least one county official is raising questions about why his locality is on the DOJ's list.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Privacy concerns The very same design elements that make Muse so appealing to AI newcomers are also raising privacy concerns.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of raising
Verb
  • Of late, vigilantes have been rearing their heads in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The project reopened critical spawning and rearing habitat for river herring, American eel and sea lamprey.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of rearing
Noun
  • The Athletic has spoken to dozens of sources inside English academies and at player agencies to find out what is happening in academy recruitment and why there has been such an upsurge in players moving between big clubs.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Surge in departures The reason for the sudden upsurge remains unclear.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of upsurge
Verb
  • From elevating beds to expanding sections to sliding walls and even entire roofs, these 10 homes transform to get maximum use out of a compact space.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Holland was ousted in 2020, when Sarandos combined English-language and international content under Bajaria (elevating the latter to the largest autonomous content job in the streamer’s history).
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of elevating
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