- present participle of raise.
raising
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“Last year we traveled to dozens of places around the world—places we were too busy to see when building Starbucks and raising kids. ”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
He grew up here and attended the University of Kentucky, but when he married and started raising a family, he had to drive 90 minutes to Cincinnati for work at Procter & Gamble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Jade said her nan was alerted by the smell of burning from the living room on Thursday afternoon and fled to join neighbours in the street who were also raising the alarm.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
They dedicated their business to raising pigs, and then cattle, in a humane and environmentally sound way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
It would be wise to avoid extreme agitation while raising the dragon.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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
But analysts said the fund raisings have not been enough to offset the billions of dollars of Western bank lending that has disappeared over the last couple of years.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2022
Have him at all the tea parties and "the raisings."
From Around The Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
