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raising

noun as in adoption

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noun as in culture

noun as in raise

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On turning 90, she continued to live quietly in Chichester, where she busied herself raising money for the cathedral roof.

From BBC

He started a consulting firm and was paid for public speaking engagements around the country, raising alarms about the record number of border crossings during the Biden administration.

From Salon

The Senate has since adjourned, raising fears that the shutdown could drag on and threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs as well as risk costing the US economy billions in lost output.

From BBC

Goodall later said that raising Grub, who lived at Gombe until he was 9, gave her insights into the behavior of chimp mothers.

Last year's Budget included an increase in employer National Insurance aimed at raising £25bn for the government, which faced criticism from businesses.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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