- present participle of raise.
raising
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Originally, the bill called for raising the payroll tax rate by one-tenth of a percentage point a year, to an employer/employee combined 14.8% by the 2040.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Both parents are responsible for the costs of raising their children, even if they do not see them.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
"These results suggest that uncompensable heat could increasingly drive internal displacement and transboundary climate migration, raising new policy and humanitarian challenges," the study warned.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
However, domestic demand was sluggish, raising concerns over the path ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Theo is looking at me, he’s raising his eyebrows, silently asking what I want to do now.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Like barn raisings or pub quizzes, Pynchon may be best tackled among friends, with each contributor volunteering their insights and interpretations to inspire the rest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Notably, junior raisings point to a 2026 exploration boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
They learned a week before the first scheduled vote that they would be protected with nature-based solutions such as grasses and oyster reefs, house raisings, and basement fillings.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023
"As China's re-opening happens, market activity will come in stages," said Edward Byun, Goldman Sachs' co-head of equity capital markets in Asia ex-Japan, adding that secondary market trading and follow-on capital raisings would benefit first.
From Reuters ● Dec. 16, 2022
But all these various methods were but helps to feeble faith, and in the case of all the raisings from the dead it is the voice alone that is employed.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Alexander Maclaren