as in standing
rising straight up
a lone tree remained erect after the terrible tornado had passed
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as in to raise
to fix in an upright position
the tribes of the Pacific Northwest erected totem poles in front of their dwellings
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as in to build
to form by putting together parts or materials
we'd better erect some sort of shelter before these woods are in total darkness
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Recent Examples of erect
Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
The fur was oddly erect, as if from static, and spangled with rain.
—Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
But what surprised us the most is this expandable container home can be erected in just 10 minutes (according to the manufacturer)!
—Christina Shepherd McGuire, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The beast, who is clearly a man in a costume, is almost completely visually defined by a large, erect phallus (resembling the horse’s), gushing an obscene amount of semen, which gets absolutely everywhere.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 31 July 2024
The fur was oddly erect, as if from static, and spangled with rain.
—Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
Verb
In one of many examples of advanced construction methods used to erect the museum, robot welding was employed to ensure the integrity of the organic face.
—Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
But what surprised us the most is this expandable container home can be erected in just 10 minutes (according to the manufacturer)!
—Christina Shepherd McGuire, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024
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This prompted a standing ovation and choruses of pro-Trump chants.Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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In the biopic, Jolie, 49, transforms into the late opera singer Maria Callas, and prior to Sunday’s carpet, the mom of six was riding high from Maria garnering strong reviews as well as earning standing ovations at the Venice Film Festival, where Jolie cried, and the Telluride Film Festival.Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
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Loading your audio article California air quality regulators late Friday approved a plan to strengthen limits on the planet-warming emissions from gasoline and diesel fuels, a move expected to raise gas prices while bringing public health benefits.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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The company has established an at-the-market equity program to sell up to US$250 million of common shares, raising gross proceeds of $138,476,000 during the six months ended September 30, 2024.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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By the end of the first quarter, Stanford built a 22-point lead.Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Biking to Chouinard’s home, Caldwell quickly realized how many of the original houses in Jackson had been scraped to build mansions.Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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This crazy star seems to communicate with a smaller, five-pointed star to its upper right that is mainly light blue, though its loose weave of horizontal and vertical marks also contains other colors.Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Horizontal and vertical keystone adjustment is cooked in, along with four-corner and six-point alignment and a bunch of image presets, to help make setup a relatively painless affair.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
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And so commentary on the behaviors and preferences of this cohort tend to start at one or other of the edges, only for another data set to rear its head from way over on the flip side of the same coin.Christian Davies FCSD, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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An unexpected dynamic months in the making appears to have reared its head during the final stretch of the presidential race: former President Donald Trump has achieved, against all odds and in the face of relentlessly negative media coverage, genuine mainstream popularity.Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
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In addition to candidates, Sunnyvale voters also cast ballots on whether to allow the city to issue general obligation bonds of up to $290 million to construct a new public library.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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In addition to his wife, who wrote the album’s lyrics, Gilmour enlisted his 22-year-old daughter, Romany, to sing and play harp on the LP; there’s also a track constructed around an old recording of Wright from 2007.Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The gyroscope steadies the wearer’s hand by countering the motion, like a spinning top trying to keep upright.Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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The dual zipper design opens up the main compartment that is outfitted with additional elastic straps and pockets to hold bottles upright.Teddy Minford, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2024
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In a video released by the Coast Guard, a rescue swimmer was able to hoist all three into the helicopter by basket — with the children going first — and they were all transported to Kahului Airport in Maui.Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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At one point, he was even hoisted on a chair as the crowd cheered him on.Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Erect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erect. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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