upraised 1 of 2

as in elevated
being positioned above a surface these upraised earthworks are believed to have been built by Native Americans hundreds of years ago and used for enclosure, burial, religious rites, or defense

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upraised

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verb

past tense of upraise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for upraised
Adjective
  • Data shows that net inflows from average Joe traders to popular stocks and funds remain elevated compared with pre-pandemic levels.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
  • To make matters worse, persistently elevated borrowing costs could also pump the brakes on the pace of home construction.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • An hour later, American said flights were again beginning to board and the FAA lifted the nationwide ground stop.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And the lamb, which knew what weeping meant, lifted itself from the hay.
    Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • According to a forthcoming study in the journal Archaeology International, the circle might have been erected to unify Britain’s ancient inhabitants.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Within days, gallows were erected not far from Campus Martius, near Farmer Street and Gratiot, by the downtown library and the Compuware Building.
    Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • In particular, there were demonstrations illustrating several vision processing applications, see below, as well as interesting applications such as a radar edge processing device and video processing for aerial drones.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The formal composition at work in that portrait is even more evident in Han’s aerial landscapes, shot from bridges and promontories.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Rodgers’ 43-yard pass to Lazard helped set up his four-yard touchdown pass to Adams, which raised the Jets lead to 25-13.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Packers defensive lineman Karl Brooks pushed his way forward through the Bears line, leaped with his hand raised and blocked Santos’ kick.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Upraised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upraised. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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