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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  • That does not suggest an update for the current Android 17 is coming anytime soon, not that Google’s new release offers much so far to set itself apart from Android 16.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said early last week that a deal may be coming , that news never materialized.
    — Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of coming
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  • Even when fit, the Swedish striker struggled to hit top form after arriving from Newcastle United for a Premier League-record £130m fee.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In the cloud, late-arriving data can often be retried; at the edge, a late packet may miss the decision window.
    — Jagadish Gokavarapu, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of arriving
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  • That disposition, building inside a system with no certainty of outcome, is what every emerging market requires from the people inside it who are not yet famous enough to wait.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Wood has started every game for the Nationals this season, emerging as an MVP candidate for the Nats.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of emerging
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  • Wide swaths of California will face searing temperatures over the weekend, with forecasters issuing a heat advisory for non-coastal areas and warning about the risk of adverse fire weather.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Lai was also seen donning a flak jacket, listening to briefings and issuing instructions during the drill.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of issuing
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  • Conditions that are too cold might delay proofing or rising, resulting in a super-dense loaf.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Production of solar panels in Nigeria, meanwhile, is expanding rapidly, with local assembly capacity rising from about 120 megawatts to roughly 300 megawatts in the last two years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 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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  • Crawford, 60, attended The Shards premiere at the SVA Theatre in support of Kaia’s blossoming acting career and was seen arriving at the after-party at the El Quijote in Chelsea.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
  • Some rookies — Christian Wilkins, Robert Hunt and Patrick Paul — benefitted from slow cooking, blossoming in time.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of blossoming

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