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
Verb
  • Cheers to being impatient, being blonde, and everything coming full circle.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The fact that these record numbers are coming months early, with plenty of time to strengthen, is what is alarming.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of coming
Verb
  • La Casa del Pueblo Taqueria has remained a living link to the immigrants who began arriving in Pilsen decades ago.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Business leaders, under increasing pressure to protect margin, hit near-term targets and finish the year strong, see innovation teams arriving with ideas that feel disconnected from commercial reality.
    — Melanie Subin, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of arriving
Verb
  • Both came away with a close-up view of the challenges facing emerging labels.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • For two decades, IDFA’s new media program DocLab has explored how emerging technologies and new forms of interaction can expand what documentary can be and how audiences experience it.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of emerging
Verb
  • The federal government is issuing debt to finance a large deficit, while companies are borrowing heavily to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Hahn, who was named the eighth president of Boise State in July, wrote in the letter that the university is issuing a request for proposals to select a development adviser to help guide the exploration of potential redevelopment projects.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of issuing
Verb
  • Europe’s ability to meet rising electricity demand, including the power needed to operate AI data centers, Andersen notes, depends on solving its energy dependency problem.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Brands are making more on paper and keeping less in the bank, squeezed from every side by rising ad costs, tariffs and overhead.
    — David Born, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of rising
Verb
  • The dawning potential of generative AI promises to radically change how movies and TV shows are made.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • There’s both a lot and not much at all going on in Kamei’s life, which is complicated by his dawning friendship — and maybe something more — with an American military brat, Colin (West Mulholland, Presence).
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of dawning
Verb
  • Now the extraordinary, blossoming Matisse faces in the direction of the original site for which it was designed, like a living memory.
    — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Angels also would prefer not to replace Soriano from a blossoming corps of young arms.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
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“Debuting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debuting. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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