uprose

verb

past tense of uprise
1
as in rose
to leave one's bed uprise! we have lots of work to do today!

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2
as in climbed
to move or extend upward as we went from the coast into the state's interior, the land gradually began uprising and eventually we were on mountainous terrain

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uprose
  1. rose
  2. climbed
  3. woke
  4. ascended
  5. arose
  6. soared
  7. awoke
  8. rolled out
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  • The price swung between $72 and $102 last month as hopes rose and fell that the United States and Iran could reach an agreement that would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Middle East again to deliver crude worldwide.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the share of California public safety employees with at least 15 years of tenure dramatically rose from about 10% in 1996 to 47% in 2024.
    — Mariana Trujillo, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of rose
Verb
  • Meanwhile, that state’s unemployment rate has climbed steadily since the beginning of the year.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the death toll had climbed to 200, thousands had become sick and the president was touting unproven treatments.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of climbed
Verb
  • In the beginning, Piker wanted to show young men that leftists could be fun — not just woke social-justice warriors and PC scolds.
    — Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Participants gained more total sleep time, fell asleep faster, slept more soundly and woke less during the night.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of woke
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  • Fitzpatrick ascended to the role after serving as the state treasurer and House budget chair.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Rowan ascended to the CEO role in 2021, and the company’s assets have swelled to over $1 trillion earlier this year.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of ascended
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  • The second of Pattinson’s meme contributions this summer arose from a movie that’s not even been released.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Some controversy arose when New Hampshire was not proposed to be in the first spot, despite a state law requiring the state hold first-in-the-nation primaries.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of arose
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  • In Iran, the rate of inflation for food has soared by nearly 130% over the past 12 months, and people are having to buy food and medicine in installments, according to reports from Iranian media.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Their odds of playing into October have soared from roughly 7 percent to better than 60 percent.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of soared
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  • The fireworks came instead from the Dodgers' slumbering offense, which awoke with Max Muncy's three-run double and Freddie Freeman's RBI single after Skubal departed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Robert Sinners, communications director for Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and his fiancee, CBS News Atlanta reporter Madeline Montgomery, awoke shortly after midnight to the sound of gunfire outside their southwest Atlanta home.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of awoke
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  • Disney’s latest Lightning Lane options rolled out about two years ago, and the company has continued learning how to better manage ride availability based on guest patterns.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The event unfolded against the backdrop of scorching summer temperatures and wildfires, and Spanish officials rolled out a large public safety campaign.
    — Suman Naishadham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of rolled out
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“Uprose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uprose. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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