debuted

verb

past tense of debut
as in came

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Recent Examples of debuted Swag debuted with 163,000 units on over 198 million streams for Bieber’s strongest streaming debut of his career. — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debuted
  1. came
  2. arrived
  3. emerged
  4. issued
  5. dawned
  6. surfaced
  7. blossomed
  8. erupted
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  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of came
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  • Both films came from digital-native storytellers in their 20s who arrived with sizable online followings already attached.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • After playing 50 games over the 2023 and 2024 seasons, Caminero arrived for good last season.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of arrived
Verb
  • The robot emerged from the player tunnel and entertained fans by recreating popular football goal celebrations, including those of Norway striker Erling Haaland.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
  • In June 2026 Eisenkot emerged as the main challenger to Netanyahu.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
Definition of emerged
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  • The pre-teen was pronounced dead at the scene, and an alert was issued to locate his father, who was located in his vehicle by Connecticut State Police troopers and turned over to the Branford Police Department, per the release.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • The city, county and state all issued local emergency declarations in the days following the fire.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 8 July 2026
Definition of issued
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  • The day dawned with rumors that the couple might have already said their vows ahead of the big event in New York.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • The Crips and Bloods reached the apex of their Stockton influence in the 1980s and 1990s, Washington recalled, as the concept of fast money dawned along with the crack cocaine epidemic.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026
Definition of dawned
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  • The prosecution said the collusion was not a standalone incident but a long-standing, systemic practice that surfaced during a time of global crisis.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • The step comes months after her country star ex, Jelly Roll, filed for divorce, which TMZ surfaced a month later on June 15.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of surfaced
Verb
  • What started out as a friendship eventually blossomed into romance after bonding over food.
    — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
  • The actress and singer met Skrip by chance while the two were vacationing in Egypt, with Williams later recalling that their unexpected encounter blossomed into a lasting romance.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of blossomed
Verb
  • Nine months after the revolution, the war between Iran and Iraq erupted in September 1980, lasting eight years and costing more than a million lives.
    — Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026
  • Spontaneous applause erupted — and even some tears were shed — at the battered parking structure where Gil had been entombed since the two temblors struck within seconds of each other on June 24.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of erupted

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