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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  • For the first time, two worlds—once separated—are coming face to face, not through screams, but through laughter.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Game time is coming more regularly now for the 16-year-old, having racked up almost 50 percent of his senior career minutes since the start of May.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of coming
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  • By August 8, some fans spotted that EasyJet had added a flight arriving mid-afternoon on the day of the match, returning to the UK on Friday evening and posted the details on social media.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • This is not an unfamiliar setting for Foster, 44, who was a math teacher in Ghana before making the perilous journey through the Sahel toward Libya, and then across the Mediterranean into Italy, finally arriving in Spain.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of arriving
Verb
  • Moore forced 10 incompletions, had seven pass breakups and five picks as a sophomore last year, while emerging as one of the most complete defenders in America.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Target is emerging from more than a year of weak or declining comparable sales.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of emerging
Verb
  • This strategy, announced after yields hit 19-year highs, involves funding these repurchases by issuing more short-term bills, effectively swapping longer-term debt for shorter maturities.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • City officials say this boosts transparency, sets reasonable expectations and may deter people from repeatedly issuing the same complaint.
    — Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of issuing
Verb
  • Global demand has also shrunk significantly with rising prices, helping to balance the oil market and get oil to the customers who need it.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • First, rising yields due to better nominal economic growth are typically tolerated more readily, since nominal GDP growth is a primary driver of corporate profits.
    — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of rising
Verb
  • In this dawning age of artificial intelligence, tech companies are racing to train and run their large language models using massive data centers that guzzle electricity and strain resources.
    — Arielle Frommer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
  • And Cooke, the season’s MVP of revealing expressions and reaction shots, conveys through Alicent’s uncertain and frightened face at all those butterflies a dawning realization of the betrayal she’s suffered.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dawning
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  • While Emma and Matthew’s blossoming love story is at the center of A Christmas Rescue, Niffy, the dog playing Shep, is no stranger to finding compassion in an unexpected place.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In fact, its a concoction of 12 notes, created by master perfumer and fragrance expert Jérôme Epinette, capturing a range of blossoming flowers, jammy fruits, earthy woods, and more.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of blossoming

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