erected
Example Sentences
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Usually a raised stage is erected for the candidates to stand on when the result is announced.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Thus the modern welfare state, erected more or less over the past century, to save those who might fall too far, to stop their descent, to see if it can be reversed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
An AFP journalist at the scene saw numerous emergency vehicles lining a nearby road and a large tent erected as police combed the area.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
All that links it to Hitler is a stone on the street outside, which was erected in 1989.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
In his imagination, he pictured a wall being erected, a barrier between himself and the nightmares.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
