raise
Example Sentences
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She and her compatriots gather every Sunday outside the Otay Mesa facility to raise money to help detainees buy food in the prison commissary and call their families.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
That left U.S. chemical companies, which use cheap and abundant natural gas to make their plastic products, to boost production and raise prices at furious rates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
"We do try to cushion consumers," he said, adding that he does not want to raise his prices for now.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
She told Newsbeat she's been "keeping an eye" on fuel prices, and has had to raise lesson prices by 50p to £37.50 per hour.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
“She’s just jealous that I make more money than her now. I got a twenty-five-cent raise, you know. I get ten dollars an hour.”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
