emergence

noun

emer·gence i-ˈmər-jən(t)s

: the act or an instance of emerging

: any of various superficial outgrowths of plant tissue usually formed from both epidermis and immediately underlying tissues

: penetration of the soil surface by a newly germinated plant

Examples of emergence in a Sentence

the emergence of the Internet as an important means of communication the economy's emergence from a recession

Recent Examples on the Web The industry had experienced notable success with the emergence of horror movie content, which drew lots of attention from the Japanese audience. —

Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Nov. 2023 What's more, the mastery of fire, the development of language, the origin of the division of labor, the beginning of social hierarchies and even the emergence of culture could be related to hunting and eating meat. —

Katharina Menne, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023 These mass cicada emergences have cascading effects on the broader ecosystem, according to a new paper published last week in the journal Science. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023 In fact, choosing to alter these realities will undoubtedly eat into other non-nuclear defense priorities that could actually play a much more important role in deterring the emergence of a major crisis with American adversaries that could spiral into a war where nuclear weapons become salient. —

Ankit Panda, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023 Israel has already ordered the evacuation of more than two dozen towns near the border, either to prepare for or try to prevent the emergence of a second front by reducing the potential for civilian casualties. —

Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2023 The concept of postcolonial studies has only been present since the early 2000s in France, nearly three decades after its emergence in Anglophone universities. —

Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023 But, in terms of implementation, much of their success will be predicated on the ability of the federal government to walk the tightrope between top-down policy direction and bottom-up system emergence and collective action. —

TIME, 16 Oct. 2023 With the emergence of slasher films in the 70s, audiences were introduced to a different kind of female character. —

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