rise to

verb

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

Example Sentences

His own comment in a newspaper, that the "tectonic plates" in the Labour Party were moving, gave rise to suggestions of manoeuvring within the cabinet.

From BBC

Navin points out that epithelial cells, which line and cover the inside and outside of the body, are the cells that are believed to give rise to cancer.

From Science Daily

According to Barclays Research, data centres account for 3.5% of electricity consumption in the US today, but that figure could rise to more than 9% by the end of the decade.

From BBC

Although some of the duplicated genes have since been lost, Ma thinks the duplication events may have given rise to altered or alternative transcription sites.

From Science Daily

As law professor Lee Loevinger explained almost 50 years ago: “Neither judges nor juries, nor even lawyers in the usual situation, ever come in contact with the ‘facts’ of any case, taking ‘facts’ to mean the transactions or occurrences which gave rise to the controversy.”

From Slate

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