rising
Example Sentences
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The report points to the impacts of rising temperatures today, which are helping to intensify many types of extreme weather and aiding the spread of diseases such as dengue.
From BBC
Powell led the central bank to cut rates three times last fall but encountered rising opposition on the 12-member Federal Open Market Committee with each reduction.
Some 36% of council respondents in England and Wales made direct reference to debt recovery or enforcement action in the first letter after a missed payment, rising to 50% by the final letter.
From BBC
In an August 1978 essay for Ebony, he observed that if the rising generation of black youth hoped to “close the gap and catch up” in income and education, their priority should be discipline:
The momentum has been reflected in their rising stock prices.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
