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Recent Examples of uprise
Noun
On the resale and rental platforms front, the response to fur has been somewhat mixed, although real and faux fur are experiencing an uprise. Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 13 Mar. 2025 There are, of course, some individuals who are concerned about the uprise of AI. Ben Meisner, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022 Justiniano says that the October 2019 social uprise and the pandemic deeply affected her family. Daniela Mohor W., CNN, 20 Nov. 2021 It’s called crustal uplift, crustal uprise, tectonic uplift—all terms that refer to the same idea. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2020 While teachers in Arizona are marching to the state Capitol Thursday, more than 10,000 teachers in Colorado are expected to demonstrate in Denver as part of this burgeoning teacher uprise. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, 26 Apr. 2018 Besides, that way the maps are harder for other systems to get ahold of in case of a robot uprise. Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 26 July 2017
Verb
The move marked the first time since the 1992 Rodney King uprising that such a sweeping curfew had been enacted in Los Angeles. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025 Haniyeh was born in a refugee camp near Gaza City, and joined Hamas in the late 1980s during the First Intifada, or uprising against Israel’s occupation in Gaza and the West Bank. Jessie Yeung, CNN, 31 July 2024 Both 13-year and 17-year-old cicada broods are uprising simultaneously. Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2024 There are multiple fees at the center of this year’s Amazon seller uprising. Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024 This was the first time the Supreme Court decided on Section 3, a clause that says officials who engaged in insurrection, an act of uprising against the government, should be barred from holding office again. Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024 The star also played uprising leader and Peter's lookalike, Pugachev, through the entire season before that character, too, met an untimely end in the finale. Lauren Huff, EW.com, 15 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprise
Noun
  • Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually, Anaver's home came to a stop after colliding with a small hill that had a board sticking out of it a few feet away from the river, according to the AP.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The number of foreign residents has risen sharply in recent years, reaching a record 3 percent of the population in 2024, as Tokyo cautiously loosened visa rules for workers in key industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, and caregiving.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In that appearance, Thilly moonwalked across the floor and performed a backspin before using his allotted five minutes to complain about rising taxes, according to CBS News New York.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Here, fans sit above the pit straight and start-finish line, roughly level with Turn 1 as the track climbs steeply up toward them.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In the three-way race that followed, Cuomo’s support climbed to 33 percent, indicating that many of Adams’ former voters migrated to him—while Mamdani’s overall numbers held steady.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her ascent came at a pivotal moment for representation in classical dance.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Winstead began his ascent before the government shutdown.
    Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the new Indonesian horror flick The Elixir, a new herbal potion concocted by a traditional medicine doctor accidentally wakes the dead, and now all Hell is breaking loose.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Weiss will never be woke enough for her critics, and that’s a good thing.
    Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In two years, the cars will ascend toward a building full of paying members instead of open sky.
    Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • From there, the bacteria can get into the urethra as a result of poor hygiene or improper wiping in the bathroom, then ascend into the urinary tract.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • View gallery - 6 images Californian e-mobility outfit Viribus has launched a new electric trike family, with tasty specs like a 1,200-W peak motor on offer for pedaling or throttling up inclines, as well as dual shocks, rear differential, and a two-step folding design.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Beautyrest adjustable bed has pre-empted your modification needs in many ways, from head-and foot-rest incline options to a zero-gravity preset that provides a feeling of weightlessness.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Anthropologist Eugenia Shanklin’s analysis of the details in this legend, and her discussions with Kom people (1989), led her to conclude that the geomyth arose after a real natural disaster centuries ago.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • When speaking with The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year, Next Gen NYC creator and executive producer Michaline Babich explained that the idea for the series arose from her time working on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Uprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprise. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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