cropping (up)

verb

present participle of crop (up)
as in arising
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly a new issue has just cropped up in the campaign

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cropping (up)
  1. arising
  2. surfacing
  3. emerging
  4. coming up
  5. happening
Verb
  • Participants agree to release and hold harmless Company, the Podcast and Podcast hosts from any claims arising out of participation in the Competition or the acceptance or use of any prize.
    — The Athletic, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Much of the industry’s waste stems from fast-fashion business models and consumer habits rather than solely arising from the materials used for clothing themselves.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
Definition of arising
Verb
  • Reward people for surfacing problems; then feedback stops feeling like a personal attack and starts feeling like a contribution.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Cases linked to the multistate cyclospora outbreak began surfacing in May.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of surfacing
Verb
  • That disposition, building inside a system with no certainty of outcome, is what every emerging market requires from the people inside it who are not yet famous enough to wait.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Wood has started every game for the Nationals this season, emerging as an MVP candidate for the Nats.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of emerging
Verb
  • The bill’s sponsors need support from at least seven Democrats, and the chamber’s recess is coming up at the end of the week.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Consuelos credits his wife with coming up with the majority of the ideas.
    — Amy Amatangelo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of coming up
Verb
  • Don’t expect cinematic mega-floods or massive storms happening simultaneously all around the world every day for the next year.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This adoption is happening while the American open-weight bench thins out.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of happening
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“Cropping (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cropping%20%28up%29. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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