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Recent Examples of riser
The reigning Stanley Cup champions are contenders once again, which is an obvious reason for the Panthers to be risers year-over-year.
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Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article At 3 p.m. sharp Wednesday, Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles and coach Ben Johnson strode to the riser, kicking off the new NFL year by talking about some of the team’s additions.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Detroit Lions - Mike Green, EDGE, Marshall The Lions could use depth on the defensive line, and get that with early draft riser in Green.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Flat bars are usually narrower (around 23 inches), while riser bars are often wider (around 27 inches).
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article At 3 p.m. sharp Wednesday, Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles and coach Ben Johnson strode to the riser, kicking off the new NFL year by talking about some of the team’s additions.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Detroit Lions - Mike Green, EDGE, Marshall The Lions could use depth on the defensive line, and get that with early draft riser in Green.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Flat bars are usually narrower (around 23 inches), while riser bars are often wider (around 27 inches).
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riser
Noun
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On the other hand, an amendment would allow many 13-year-olds to hit the cane fields and construction scaffolds on their summer break.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
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Assume that factories in Brazil can produce a scaffold frame for $100.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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According to the Associated Press, the pope began the outing by being pushed in a wheelchair while wearing nasal tubes, before he was brought to the front of the altar in the square.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Faith leaders gathered in Philadelphia on Thursday to erect an altar in front of ICE headquarters in a defiant protest against the Trump administration's decision to allow agents to make immigration arrests in churches.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Use my convening power, use my platform as mayor, and then use my pulpit to convene everyone in the city who will touch economic development.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Their majority was led by new Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, who dramatically accelerated the trend of shifting that office from a relatively nonpartisan to highly partisan pulpit.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Riser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riser. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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