Thesaurus results for CROPPING (UP)

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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Founded and led by Indigenous voices, we are dedicated to providing crucial services to address the urgent needs arising from this pressing issue.

— Dateline NBC, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
The agency, also known as Basarnas, released footage that shows smoke arising from one side of the ferry before spreading across the sky.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026

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While designers and merchants remain in control of strategic decisions, AI enhances their expertise by analyzing demand signals, surfacing insights and recommending actions that humans can evaluate.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
All were cut after the preseason, with Martinez instead surfacing on their practice squad.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

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The Atlanta Braves are surging in the NL East, emerging as a formidable challenger to the Dodgers for National League supremacy.

— Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Koollab Studios was co-founded by Guse, who has spent three decades working in animation production, and focuses on production workflows built around emerging technologies.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026

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After leading last February’s How to Make a Killing and lending his voice to April’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Powell has The Comeback King, The Great Beyond and a Lou Gehrig biopic coming up.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026
Nonetheless, the order tasks Kennedy with coming up with options to make separate shots available.

— Erika Edwards, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026

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