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rising

adjective as in moving up

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Since then, the rising gap between the rich and middle- and lower-income families has risen to the fore.

Launched just 13 years ago, it quickly became a serious rival to MAS and a rising juggernaut in Asia.

Rising up from scooping bay, the steep topography—hemmed by hills of evergreens—promises panoramas at practically every turn.

Since rising to power over the past five years, Boko Haram has killed more than 6,000 Nigerians.

During one session, detainee Abu Zubaydah became “completely unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open full mouth.”

The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High.

Rising at once he bundled up his traps, threw the line of his small hand-sledge over his shoulder, and stepped out for home.

They crossed the bridge and rode up the gently rising, bare, and rugged ground towards Condillac.

The crests of three tall palms immediately below him waved slightly in the rising wind.

She liked him less than ever, nevertheless wished that he were her brother and the rising star in American politics.

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

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