erects
- present tense form of erect (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The act erects massive barriers to entry to the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
WSF’s cumbersome advancement system favors insiders and erects barriers to hiring experienced mariners.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
If the franchise ever erects statues in Exposition Park, the first will be made in his image.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
PHOTOS: Finland erects barriers at border with Russia to control influx of migrants.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
A race builds itself for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
