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
  • Important this year is the image of the brilliant yellow daffodil, of which the city plans to plant 250,000 bulbs in the coming months.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • This time around, their performance arrived on the tail of North American and European legs of their Reality Awaits tour, which will bring them to Mexico, South America, and Australia in the coming months.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of coming
Verb
  • At Prague's Vaclav Havel Airport, spokesperson Denisa Hejtmánková said a total of nine flights were threatened, including arriving flights from Denmark, Spain and Britain, and departing flights to the Netherlands, Cyprus, Romania, Italy and Britain.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Spotted arriving in Sydney wearing a cobalt-blue paisley headscarf tied over her new crop, narrow Chanel sunglasses, and an all-black ensemble, Robbie was ready to embrace the fast-approaching Australian summer.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of arriving
Verb
  • Retail is not a sales strategy in itself For many emerging brands, securing a retail partnership can feel like a major milestone.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The campaign also aligns with an emerging marketing trend for analog storytelling.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of emerging
Verb
  • Philadelphia police and the district attorney's office will be issuing subpoenas to the city's Department of Human Services in the wake of the death of a 10-year-old girl in foster care.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Qualcomm contributed to the selloff after issuing a disappointing earnings forecast for the current quarter.
    — Kif Leswing,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of issuing
Verb
  • Amid rising French sovereign debt pressures and inflation remaining above target, such continuity could reduce market anxieties over abrupt policy shifts while mitigating potential volatility across European bond markets.
    — , CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • With anxieties rising across the land, the couple’s relationship begins to fracture when Sovieshu falls in love with runaway slave Rashta (Lee Seyoung) and attempts to move heaven and earth to win her heart.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of rising
Verb
  • Already offputting, Reid’s performance of Rapp’s dawning realizations — flipping from dismissive skepticism to feverish belief with little in between — grows less grounded by the minute.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 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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  • Along with their blossoming personalities can come the acquisition of some frustrating new habits that can drive parents bananas.
    — Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 22 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of blossoming

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“Debuting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debuting. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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