Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Its hive mind could think out loud, surfacing, organizing, and analyzing vast quantities of information in real time, as in the Steubenville rape case in 2012, or the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in 2014.—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026 No new data collection required — just surfacing patterns already captured but siloed.—Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026 His supporters blame the surfacing of his old comments on a smear campaign engineered by the establishment and the party’s rich patrons, who are scared of an unfiltered populist outsider who owes them nothing.—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026 For all the talk of surfacing truth and harnessing collective intelligence, most of the volume on these sites comes from one of the oldest forms of gambling there is: sports betting.—Zoë Bernard, Vanity Fair, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for surfacing