Thesaurus results for CROPS (UP)

crops (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of crop (up)

as in surfaces

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

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This is something that surfaces at a certain point in the film.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
The stronger model is one in which AI narrows the decision space, surfaces relevant signals and explains why an action is being recommended.

— Rahul Saluja, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of surfaces

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But as organizations layer on more agents across departments and workflows, small misalignments compound and risk to strategy arises.

— Vic Chynoweth, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
The more mass an object possesses, the greater the curvature, and because gravity arises from this curvature, the greater the gravitational influence.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of arises

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But the new work found that if the rewards change with time (even by a small amount), then a second stable point emerges from the model, allowing both cooperators and defectors to coexist.

— Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Whatever emerges from the gathering, BRICS is unlikely to become an anti-American or anti-Western power bloc anytime soon.

— Ian Bremmer, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of emerges

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The wave nature of an atom shows itself only when the atom is barely moving, which only happens when it is cooled down to nearly absolute zero.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
So, do not assume that what usually happens at your location during El Niño will happen this time.

— Steven Paton, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

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