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 The figures highlight the structural reliance of US tech on China, and the difficulties of erecting a materials and software firewall against Beijing. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The authority will be erecting acoustic barriers and will send alerts for blasting and other disruptions. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Abdel Gelil is now sheltering with family in the southwestern city of Taiz, while others are sleeping in the streets or erecting makeshift tents out of plastic. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 During a Sunday appearance on CNN, Johnson rebuffed the idea that lawmakers should rush into an emergency session to consider erecting industry guardrails. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for erecting
  1. raising
  2. constructing
  3. rearing
  4. building
  5. hoisting
  6. assembling
  7. lifting
  8. making
Verb
  • Those officers were not wearing body cameras, raising questions about why the agency still hadn't gotten the cameras out to officers in the field.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Similar federal lists in other states have proved highly inaccurate, raising concerns that eligible voters could be disenfranchised.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • Tearing down existing homes on land that is more than 6,000 square feet of the property and constructing multi-family units would produce a financial gap that makes the construction infeasible, according to the study.
    — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Shout out to my little brother, who gifted me a New York Times Games subscription back in 2023 and began my journey to constructing.
    — Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of constructing
Verb
  • Of late, vigilantes have been rearing their heads in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The project reopened critical spawning and rearing habitat for river herring, American eel and sea lamprey.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of rearing
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  • Since its founding, Storyteller has made flexible vans with outdoor accoutrements front of mind, building out versatile multi-use spaces for strapping in large cargo during the ride before rearranging into a bedroom/workshop once there.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Coniglio collaborated with Bloomingdale’s Carousel in 2025, building a 2,000-square-foot space at the New York flagship and will be on Moda Operandi next month.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of building
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  • And the entirety of Valkyries’ culture invested in hoisting her on their pedestal.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The Coast Guard released video footage earlier this week showing rescue swimmers saving people from the choppy water and hoisting them into helicopters hovering above.
    — David Goodhue October 2, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of hoisting
Verb
  • Ukraine has earned worldwide recognition for its cutting-edge drone industry, designing and assembling systems that have changed modern warfare.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Those aren't great odds, but as Dodgers fans kept reminding everyone while assembling their superteam, baseball is inherently random.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of assembling
Verb
  • Wealthier boomers aged into the 75-and-older bracket between surveys, lifting its median.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • China has opened much of its financial sector to foreign firms since 2018, gradually lifting foreign ownership caps on services such as securities, futures and fund management.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of lifting
Verb
  • Dogma25 is an initiative of recent Venice Golden Lion winner May el-Toukhy (Woman Unknown), who will be one of the five directors making films under its rules alongside directors Milad Alami, Annika Berg, Eklöf and Just.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • By the time Lee’s moved on to thanking his dad for not believing him, thereby giving him something to prove, an embarrassed Frances is making a quick run for the exit.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of making

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“Erecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erecting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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