erecting

verb

present participle of erect
1
as in raising
to fix in an upright position the tribes of the Pacific Northwest erected totem poles in front of their dwellings

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2
as in constructing
to form by putting together parts or materials we'd better erect some sort of shelter before these woods are in total darkness

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Recent Examples of erecting Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded by erecting a 24-by-12-foot bilingual sign in Grimsby, Ontario on Saturday with the Canadian name for the lake. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The Coastal Commission signed off on the project a few years ago, after tussles over low-cost housing provisions during the course of erecting yet another luxury hotel. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 The boiler and erecting shop buildings are part of the roughly 244-acre Railyards, the largest redevelopment project west of the Mississippi River. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026 In 2011, after the community board and Landmarks greenlit Spence’s erecting a 33-foot-tall glass enclosure to connect its East 91st Street campus with an adjacent building, neighbors took their complaints to press. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2026 The greybeards will take on the suicide mission of storming the castle walls, erecting ladders, and invading the city while arrows and rocks rain down on them. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 The killing sparked nationwide unrest, with cartel members erecting highway blockades and setting fire to vehicles and buildings across 20 Mexican states. — CBS News, 31 July 2026 While wide hips were considered a problem area not so long ago, designers are now erecting a sort of fashion monument to them—as a symbol of sensuality, strength, and self-determination. — Kelly Niesen, Glamour, 24 July 2026 Atsushi Matono is responsible for erecting the shingi, a sacred tree placed at the top of one of the floats —the holiest part of the structure, to which a deity is believed to descend. — ABC News, 19 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erecting
  1. raising
  2. constructing
  3. rearing
  4. building
  5. hoisting
  6. assembling
  7. lifting
  8. making
Verb
  • Defense attorneys in both cases argued that the defendants’ intent was in question, raising in argument the possibility that their clients were not trying to cause serious bodily injury or death.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Enacting a solution is liable to be a significant political battle, likely involving cutting benefits for some Americans or raising taxes on higher earners, or both.
    — Ashley Lopez, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of raising
Verb
  • Asante draws a manufacturing analogy—with some exaggeration—arguing that previous nuclear power plants were built bespoke, akin to constructing an entire factory to produce a single car.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Mendoza, of the Philippine Tennis Association, told me that new public courts are being built around the country, and the government is constructing a new national tennis center.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of constructing
Verb
  • During spring and summer, those same ponds and lakes provided excellent nesting and gosling-rearing areas.
    — Mark Vrtiska, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
  • Was there a method to rearing such a fine student and good boy?
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Definition of rearing
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  • Mid-cap companies are also investing more in building new capacity, Nitin Bhasin, head of institutional equities at Ambit Capital, told CNBC.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Zag will sit down with Deadline at the Rendez-Vous to discuss the business, and his approach to building animation franchises and connecting with younger audiences.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of building
Verb
  • Kroenke’s teams have had success recently, including Arsenal winning a Premier League title in 2026, the Nuggets winning the NBA Finals in 2023, the Rams winning a Super Bowl in 2022 and the Avalanche hoisting the Stanley Cup in 2022.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The remarkable moment was captured on video shared by the fire department, which shows one of the bears hoisting itself to the top of the large tank before jumping into some bushes.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of hoisting
Verb
  • As that year’s freshman class president, Miles’ father, George, was instrumental in assembling some 600 freshmen to lug into place 300 tons of loose rock left over from the stadium excavation.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • On the provider side, the response is a person opening a portal, reading the denial reason, pulling the record and assembling an appeal by hand.
    — Oleg Nesterov, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • The machine can also carry out lifting operations independently, according to the company.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Others have called for lifting the cap, but only above a certain income threshold.
    — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of lifting
Verb
  • Higher benchmark yields can lift financing costs even for healthy companies, potentially making some factories, data centers, acquisitions and other investments less economically viable.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Luckily, the brand agrees with me because the Gemini Floral Mini Bag, Scarlett Quilted Bag, and Dumpling Suede Croc Bag are all statement-making styles.
    — Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of making

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“Erecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erecting. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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