Definition of EMERGENTS

Examples of emergent in a Sentence

Adjective

since it was not seen as an emergent problem, it was continually put off

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

Yes, in-game menus hint at this being a possibility, but plenty of cops will show up either in specific campaign missions or emergent run-from-the-cops moments in the other open-world content. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Watch Dogs Legion gameplay premiere: Taking the “N” out of “NPC”," 10 June 2019 Fallout goes a different direction, framing play around a wonderful emergent narrative. — Charles Theel, Ars Technica, "Fallout: The Board Game," 13 Jan. 2018 The questions about applying pre-emergent weedkillers started before Christmas lights were back in the box. — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, "Spring lawn care starts now, so don't delay, or you'll be in the weeds in no time | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 21 Feb. 2018 Step 3 - Thwart Weed Growth To prevent weeds from taking over your lawn this summer, apply a pre-emergent herbicide in the spring. — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, "How to Get Your Lawn Ready for Spring," 22 Jan. 2019 An emergent trend back then was that certain file names, no matter their file extensions and no matter their location on a system, would always refer to certain things. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "This Modern-Day Computer Bug Dates Back to 1974," 5 Nov. 2018 Wall Street investors are enamored with a newly emergent tech company. — Matt O'brien, The Seattle Times, "Apple’s stock sours, Microsoft’s soars. Say what?!," 27 Nov. 2018 Their utility suggested a sense of busyness and ambition well suited to a new age in which emergent technologies were changing everything. — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, "The High Price of Being Kate Spade," 7 June 2018 Which means that for most Californians the race for governor is just starting, as the first widely broadcast commercials — emergent like the first shoots of spring, but much less lovely — begin to fill the airwaves. — Mark Z. Barabak, latimes.com, "Been ignoring the race for California governor? That's OK, in some ways it's just starting," 26 Apr. 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

By then the pre-emergent will be gone from the soil. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, "No garden invader is more difficult to eliminate than bamboo," 15 June 2018 Apply a pre-emergent, like Preen, around the bushes to keep down the weeds until mulch is reapplied in late May. Hot temperatures will require a regular watering program and Kentucky rain is never enough. — Janet Miller, The Courier-Journal, "Roses are easy - if done right. Here are foolproof tips to follow for your Kentucky garden," 23 Feb. 2018

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