rise to

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to respond adequately to (the demands of something, esp a testing challenge)

Example Sentences

Analysts were forecasting a rise to $363.9 million.

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The scandal has ensnared ex-transport minister Jose Luis Abalos and former senior Socialist official Santos Cerdan, both former close allies of Sanchez who helped him rise to power.

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The favored analogy compares this rise to the historic increase in left-handedness once schools stopped discouraging it.

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Late Tuesday, Seagate posted fiscal first-quarter revenue of $2.63 billion, topping Street forecasts, and said current quarter revenue would rise to around $2.7 billion, citing “clear visibility into sustained demand strength.”

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Shares of Boeing Co. fell in early Wednesday trading after its commercial-airplane business saw revenue rise to the highest level in years, but losses were much wider than expected due to problems with the 777 aircraft.

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Related Words

• amount to 
• break even 
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