arises

verb

present tense third-person singular of arise
1
as in rises
to leave one's bed the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up

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2
as in emerges
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment

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3
as in begins
to come into existence it is not known exactly how mammals arose, but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period

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as in ascends
to move or extend upward slowly the hot-air balloon arose, and the round-the-world flight was begun

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Recent Examples of arises If risk management fails and a liability arises, hopefully it will be taken care of by liability insurance. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026 According to the Sepsis Alliance — a nonprofit dedicated to understanding the life-threatening condition that arises from an infection in the body — some patients can experience post sepsis syndrome. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 Medical oversight is therefore important for identifying potential complications, managing anesthesia and bleeding, and responding if an unexpected issue arises. — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 The issue arises when that focus—that fixation—starts to interfere with the rest of your life. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2026 From Melikova’s intimate prose and local industry connections arises an essential sensory texture of national belonging, alongside a moral register sharp enough to carry a critical charge and light enough to keep it wry. — Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026 The problem arises when technological innovation is mistaken for social policy. — Sonia Murrow, Time, 7 Aug. 2026 Some emerge anonymously, like a wall filled with self-portraits left behind by students at the end of the semester at the college where Aguilar teaches; their enhanced interest arises from accumulation and rearrangement. — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 In The Odyssey, Odysseus falls into a deep sleep on the deck of his ship when an emergency arises at sea. — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arises
  1. rises
  2. emerges
  3. begins
  4. ascends
  5. wakes
  6. surfaces
  7. originates
  8. climbs
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  • Add room and board, and the real average cost rises to roughly $16,000 — with the average student receiving close to $10,000 in grant aid to get there.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Broad Peak, which rises 8,051 meters (26,414 feet) above sea level in the Karakoram range, is the world’s 12th-highest mountain and lies near K2, the world’s second-highest peak.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of rises
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  • If no winner emerges then as well, this is likely to become the first lottery prize to cross $1 billion since December 2025.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The findings could provide a framework for studying how collective behavior emerges in different systems.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of emerges
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  • The work begins each weekday morning, when members of the 10-person research team head out to collect samples from their daily list of traps.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The Championship season begins Friday, with Wolves hosting Blackburn in the opening game of what promises to be another fiercely competitive promotion race.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of begins
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  • This frame, the singer-songwriter climbs to new career peaks on multiple tallies as one of the biggest hits of the year in many parts of the world ascends once more.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As the train ascends above the Boardwalk, riders will experience their second launch about halfway through, which will be the world’s first upside-down launch that increases the speed from 60 to 80 mph.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of ascends
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  • Every morning, Chef wakes Tony with a bucket of cold seawater.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But when Lucky wakes from a drugged sleep, Cary is gone and the money too, and police are pulling up outside.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of wakes
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  • Magnet Forensics unveiled Magnet AI this spring, an engine that surfaces artifacts in seconds and writes investigative summaries from the evidence.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • What reads at a casual distance as serene maternal tenderness shifts, on closer inspection, into something more ambivalent—a shade of melancholy that surfaces only when the eye lingers on Mary’s face.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of surfaces
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  • Private capital and foreign governments are still building on mRNA, and a growing share of the world’s programs now originates in China.
    — Jeff Coller, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The biggest share of overdose deaths involves fentanyl, which originates mostly in China and Mexico.
    — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of originates
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  • Add Fulbright, Humphrey, and other programs, and the number climbs higher.
    — James K. Glassman, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • There were three smaller climbs heading to Ventoux, which was ranked as a Hors Catégorie ascent — the hardest category — and had a gradient of nearly 9%.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of climbs

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