- present tense form of arise (3rd person singular).
arises
Example Sentences
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Finland's Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said she had started preparations for restoring internal border checks "if the need arises".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The theory proposes that subjective experience arises in systems that combine large amounts of information into a unified whole.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
The peculiar notion that Mr. Culkin could be—or rather could symbolize—the Lord arises in a conversation about one of the boys’ potential loss of faith.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
My general note is particular to the genre: Comedy works best when exaggeration arises the way it does in nature, as a fact of personality rather than as a calculated theatrical effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
And since you are neither able to make them happy nor to wipe them out, you lose that dominion whenever the opportunity arises.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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