debuting

verb

present participle of debut
as in coming

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Recent Examples of debuting All of these are debuting on the Norwegian Luna, which is set to debut out of PortMiami in early April. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debuting
  1. coming
  2. arriving
  3. emerging
  4. issuing
  5. rising
  6. dawning
  7. blossoming
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  • There were concerns about the USA’s toxic political environment keeping many of the international visitors from coming for the tournament.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Warnings of extreme storms and resultant flooding, erosion and widespread damage abound, along with growing lists of how to prepare for coming turbulent weather.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of coming
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  • Tiffany Young has announced her debut solo studio album, Edge of Calm, arriving worldwide on August 20, alongside an eight-city Asia tour running from September through December this year.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • That includes Ghana, which received a boisterous welcome to KC after arriving here for its Round-of-32 match against Colombia.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Definition of arriving
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  • But the scattergun decisions emerging from the VAR centre in Dallas led to goals being disallowed for minor ‘offences’ that would never lead to the award of a penalty had the players’ roles been reversed.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • New this year, Piazza Italia will present The Italian Designers Pavilion, in which established and emerging brands will share space.
    — Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of emerging
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  • The dollar bond market, the world’s largest, has become so saturated that tech giants have been issuing debt in other currencies.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • What a no vote would mean A ‘no’ vote would reject the bond proposal and prohibit the city from issuing new bonds to finance support of the Housing Trust Fund.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
Definition of issuing
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  • The country’s economic momentum has been accompanied by rising foreign direct investment.
    — Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
  • The announcement comes as the United States accelerates investment in advanced nuclear energy to meet rising electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence, data centers, advanced manufacturing and other energy-intensive industries.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Definition of rising
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  • Léa Seydoux gives a very committed, unaffected performance as Lucy, an experimental pianist who must deal with the dawning knowledge that her beloved husband Philip (Laurence Rupp) has a second life online as a pedophile pornographer.
    — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • But the young nation was dawning a new age.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of dawning
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  • Some rookies — Christian Wilkins, Robert Hunt and Patrick Paul — benefitted from slow cooking, blossoming in time.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • And like 2025, the A’s find themselves well outside the playoff picture despite entering the season with the expectations to contend for the postseason with their talented roster littered with blossoming and accomplished sluggers.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of blossoming

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