DEBUTED Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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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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Melton fled the scene before deputies arrived and was found a short time later at Pamela Way and Jeanette Cove in Alexander, the report says.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Those who arrived in the 1900s had very different cultural, political, and religious backgrounds from the older Texas Jews.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of arrived

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As the lake dries, the ruins of one of 11 villages that had been inundated by the reservoir have emerged, as alarm grows over the need for alternative water supplies for the city of 42 million.

— EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Its oil and gas exports are flowing, and its economy has emerged as one of the region’s most resilient.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of emerged

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United, which operates a major hub at Newark, issued one following Monday’s disruptions, and other carriers have allowed some travelers to change flights without the usual penalties.

— Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
In these cases, clemency was issued before most of the money was able to reach the government or the victims it was owed to.

— Caren Morrison, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of issued

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Soyka Soyka wanted to open a neighborhood hangout in his Morningside neighborhood as the new millennium dawned in 2000.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
When the age of book promotion scams dawned, an AI engine clearly had read the book but did not know that Orwell had died in 1950.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of dawned

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Team members valued the productive conversation, the group’s willingness to tackle difficult topics and the opportunity to hear perspectives that had not surfaced before.

— Angela Cusack, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Though most non-Italian titles screening in Rome have previously surfaced on the festival circuit, the lineup does include a smattering of world premieres.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of surfaced

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Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate, is very much aware of the harsh backlash to a potential settlement that erupted among Congressional Democrats, A-listers like Mark Ruffalo and others as deal talks accelerated.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Saturday’s unrest came a year after rioting erupted around a right-wing demonstration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

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