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Recent Examples of riser
The biggest riser across the promotion is 185-pound boogeyman Khamzat Chimaev.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Although the carpet's been ripped up and the walls are paneled with wooden rods, the risers remain in the same configuration.
—Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024
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Super Bowl 2025 odds risers and fallers: Should Bengals panic yet?
—New York Times, 24 Sep. 2024
The league on the whole is a riser, as StubHub has seen a 32% increase in ticket sales.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Brian Mazique, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Although the carpet's been ripped up and the walls are paneled with wooden rods, the risers remain in the same configuration.
—Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024
Week 4 fantasy football add/drop chat with Jay Felicio, Tuesday 9/24 at 5 p.m. ET
Super Bowl 2025 odds risers and fallers: Should Bengals panic yet?
—New York Times, 24 Sep. 2024
The league on the whole is a riser, as StubHub has seen a 32% increase in ticket sales.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riser
Noun
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These scaffold branches help support new growth and keep those large, heavy blooms upright.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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Day after day, the nuns were brought to a scaffold in the center of town, while crowds gathered to watch.Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The catwalk was built over the altar in the shape of a bridge, metaphorical for the various bridges or clashes that FashionClash is building between fashion, people, disciplines and society.Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Many took pictures and selfies in front of the altar, the baptistery and vibrant rose windows, their joy mingling with reverence.THOMAS ADAMSON AND SYLVIE CORBET THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Both are examples of populist-leaning pulpits where alternative narratives often flourish and all speech, even hate speech, is allowed, leading many on the Left to criticize them for fomenting alleged disinformation.Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Dec. 2024
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Across the room, near where the pulpit would be, sits a sculpture of chunky, red, antiquated computer monitors flashing bygone web pages — a snapshot of the World Wide Web in 1997, and the earliest entry to the Internet Archive’s enormous digital collection.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Riser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riser. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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