DEBUTING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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The island has hosted a Ground Self-Defense Force garrison since 2016, while Tokyo has plans to add additional air-defense capabilities in the coming years.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
The man’s identity was expected to be released by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office in the coming days.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of coming

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Other models show the moisture arriving Wednesday, which would mean less cloud cover and warmer temperatures.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
Products arriving from the Americas and Caribbean have historically faced an additional logistical complication, with many shipments passing through a control point on the French mainland before reaching Martinique.

— Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

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While cases have slowed in Ituri province, the epicenter, the outbreak is spreading in emerging hot spots in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Bellingham has followed a similar trajectory off the pitch, emerging as one of the sport’s most marketable young stars.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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Networks have been cautious about any airing of a public death, issuing viewer advisories or having general policies against airing the moment of death.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
Even though the cameras aren’t yet issuing official tickets — the program must undergo a 60-day warning period in November — preliminary testing data captured approximately 100,000 speeding violations over the course of nine days last month.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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The travel-retail business is expected to continue rising due to a confluence of other factors, including the 4 to 5 percent yearly increase of travelers.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Super El Niño impact Inflation in India has been rising for 10 straight months, crossing the central bank's medium-term target of 4% in August, even as economic growth has been resilient so far.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

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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

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The Jaguars offense is wayyy better than what the Bengals just faced, led by a blossoming Trevor Lawrence.

— J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026
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

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