- present participle of rise.
rising
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Stocks are unlikely to bottom quite as quickly because airlines “will be slower to announce meaningful capacity cuts in reaction to rising fuel,” they said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The auction comes as investors brace for rising interest rates after hawkish communication from Federal Reserve officials followed the central bank’s first rate increase since 2023 last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
In an interview with the BBC in August, she also pointed to the "crisis" in rising computing prices and hardware costs as another external pressure on the company.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Expanding gases and intense heat drive this material upwards, creating a vast eruption column rising 30–50 kilometers into the atmosphere – far above commercial passenger aircraft, which usually cruise at up to about 13 kilometers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The woods and hills were spotted with their pools, with soft steam rising over the water and across the grass around them in a mist.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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From risings prices to parties in Downing Street, voters at a climbing wall in Southampton discuss the issues that matter them ahead of the local elections taking place across the country on May 5.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2022
There are still risings, but much slower in the northern parts of the country.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2022
One of the more remarkable risings in the NFL appears to be happening under Dan Campbell, who took over the Lions this season after several years as Payton’s assistant head coach in New Orleans.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2021
On the front plate, inscriptions about the risings and settings of stars are indexed to the zodiac dial.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 14, 2021
I must give the impression, therefore, despite my early risings, that I didn’t much care how lucky we were.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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