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Recent Examples of riser
Flat bars are usually narrower (around 23 inches), while riser bars are often wider (around 27 inches).
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
One of the biggest risers in 2025 dynasty rookie rankings has been Jaylin Noel.
—Steve Bradshaw, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Uche was at one point a huge riser as a pass rusher after an 11.5 sack season back in 2022.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Green has arguably been the biggest riser in this year’s draft class, considering 2024 was his first season as a full-time starter.
—Eddie Brown, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
One of the biggest risers in 2025 dynasty rookie rankings has been Jaylin Noel.
—Steve Bradshaw, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Uche was at one point a huge riser as a pass rusher after an 11.5 sack season back in 2022.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Green has arguably been the biggest riser in this year’s draft class, considering 2024 was his first season as a full-time starter.
—Eddie Brown, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riser
Noun
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On North Graham Street drivers pass companies that rent scaffolds, fabricate steel, create custom shelves and sell and retread tires for commercial vehicles.—
Gavin Off,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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The brain places those pieces onto the scaffolds of event scripts.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Maomao tackles the target just as the massive pillar hanging over the altar crashes to the ground.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are heading to the altar – and some major Hollywood stars might be there to witness it.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Their majority was led by new Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, who dramatically accelerated the trend of shifting that office from a relatively nonpartisan to highly partisan pulpit.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Speaking at the pulpit of the city’s historic Tabernacle Baptist Church, the site of the first mass meeting of the voting rights movement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said what happened in Selma changed the nation.—
Kim Chandler and Safiyah Riddle,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Riser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riser. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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