Thesaurus results for CROPPED (UP)

cropped (up)

verb

past tense of crop (up)

as in arose

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign

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The second of Pattinson’s meme contributions this summer arose from a movie that’s not even been released.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Some controversy arose when New Hampshire was not proposed to be in the first spot, despite a state law requiring the state hold first-in-the-nation primaries.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of arose

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The veto threat described by multiple sources surfaced later — after the trailer bill became law and AB 1608 advanced through the Senate.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Her hiring came after allegations of a toxic and abusive culture within the department surfaced in a 2020 lawsuit filed by Jennifer Conviser, a sport psychologist who had consulted with DePaul’s athletic department from 2005 to 2018.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of surfaced

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The report about the jet swap comes weeks after concerns about the safety of the new Qatar-gifted jet first emerged as the Ankara trip served as its international debut as the new Air Force One.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Pierce, meanwhile, has emerged as arguably the best deep threat in the NFL.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of emerged

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The league cannot say with certainty whether the feat happened before 1901 due to a lack of game logs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Nurses perform serial neurological examinations, manage drains and catheters, titrate pain medication, mobilize patients early, watch for the subtle signs of complication, and educate families who are still processing what just happened.

— Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of happened

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The reason the thought came up is that the Cardinals essentially gave up on their team, even though the club was having a solid season.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
When the idea of a canine follow-up came up, the center expressed interest in hosting it.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of came up

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The most recent occurred approximately 631,000 years ago, while its latest lava flow took place about 70,000 years ago.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Similar trios occurred between 1990 and 1992 and again from 2008 to 2010, with the next not arriving until the mid-2040s.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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