on the rise

idiom

: increasing in amount, number, level, etc.

Prices are on the rise again.

The water level in the lake is on the rise.

: becoming more successful, popular, etc.

an actress whose career is on the rise

Examples of on the rise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web According to the Washington Post, a new study from two professors at Stanford University and the University of Southern California finds that segregation in schools is on the rise, and school choice is to blame. —

Daniel Buck, National Review, 27 May 2024 Self-improvement is favored, and romance is on the rise. —

Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024 Urban heatwaves on the rise The chief heat officer posts were created through an initiative by the U.S.-based Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center (Arsht-Rock), which says that by 2050, heatwaves will affect more than 3.5 billion people globally – half of them in urban centers. —

Anastasia Moloney, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024 Cybersecurity is top of mind in many C-suites and audit committees, but cyberattacks in the health care sector, in particular, are on the rise, experts say. —

Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for on the rise

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