outcropping

verb

Definition of outcroppingnext
present participle of outcrop
as in emerging

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcropping
  1. emerging
  2. rising
  3. surfacing
  4. erupting
  5. blossoming
  6. arising
  7. occurring
  8. breaking out
Verb
  • The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), the market of the Busan International Film Festival, will present InnoAsia 2026, its program built around the intersection of film and emerging technology.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • InnoAsia aims to connect storytelling with emerging technologies, including AI and the rapidly growing microdrama ecosystem.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of emerging
Verb
  • Global demand has also shrunk significantly with rising prices, helping to balance the oil market and get oil to the customers who need it.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • First, rising yields due to better nominal economic growth are typically tolerated more readily, since nominal GDP growth is a primary driver of corporate profits.
    — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of rising
Verb
  • The earnings announcement was fortuitously timed, coming just as reports were surfacing of high-level OpenAI employees joining the company.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The internal documents and testimony surfacing in Oakland, including evidence about Meta’s own research on young users and its lawyers’ handling of those findings, will now remain only partially visible.
    — Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of surfacing
Verb
  • Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Triton’s nitrogen geyser system Voyager 2 observed at least four dark plumes erupting from Triton, Neptune’s largest moon, during its 1989 flyby.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of erupting
Verb
  • Together, the couple showcases a love blossoming in limited time in the picturesque backdrop of the island.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
  • While Emma and Matthew’s blossoming love story is at the center of A Christmas Rescue, Niffy, the dog playing Shep, is no stranger to finding compassion in an unexpected place.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of blossoming
Verb
  • Criticizing the problems of inflation and issues arising from the war is not consistent with the slogans of some.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Paramount argues that the states and the Writers Guild of America — which has filed its own antitrust suit — should be required to post a bond to cover its losses arising from the delay in the event that the deal is ultimately approved.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of arising
Verb
  • Over the past decade, breast cancer rates have risen by 1% per year, with the steepest increase occurring in women younger than 50.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • These receptors normally respond to endorphins, which are naturally occurring signaling molecules, and are activated by opioid drugs.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of occurring
Verb
  • But there’s a universal element that all young adult actors must contend with — breaking out of the space.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Another warehouse belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries was also attacked to the east of Moscow, Vorobyov said, with a fire breaking out at the facility.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of breaking out
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“Outcropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcropping. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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