as in to arise
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly
problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool
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Recent Examples of emerge
Now comes a new chapter in that singular, historic relationship, emerging in the battle for Chicago-area congressional districts in the March 17 Illinois primary.
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Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
The novel stage of emerging adulthood reflected modern life.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
Taken together, what emerged in Riyadh is a market in purposeful transition, one where the consumer is younger, more digitally fluent and more proudly local.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
The results for the November-January period blew past the analyst projections that shape investors’ perceptions, as has been the case since Nvidia’s high-end chips emerged as AI’s best building blocks three years ago.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
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Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
The novel stage of emerging adulthood reflected modern life.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
Taken together, what emerged in Riyadh is a market in purposeful transition, one where the consumer is younger, more digitally fluent and more proudly local.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
The results for the November-January period blew past the analyst projections that shape investors’ perceptions, as has been the case since Nvidia’s high-end chips emerged as AI’s best building blocks three years ago.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
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Much like snowballs are composed of clusters of snowflakes, planetesimals likely arose within the disks of dust that encircled the newborn sun from clouds of pebble-sized objects pulled together by their mutual gravitational attraction.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Official Rules and/or the Contest shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association.—
CBS News Philadelphia Staff,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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When reports surfaced that Texas Tech University might be trying to court Texas star catcher Reese Atwood in the weeks after the Longhorns' national-title win, the Statesman tried to fact-check some of the allegations.—
Sports Editor,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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In the past month, community reports began to surface online of immigration agents detaining and arresting people in the Kansas City metro.—
Kendrick Calfee
Updated February 25,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
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Other images appeared to show Kim Ju Ae, wearing a leather jacket, observing through binoculars as her father took a shot, and helping present the rifles to others at the event.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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However, Anthropic appears financially stable enough to walk away from the $200 million government contract.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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The violence captured on cellphone videos and shared around the globe – buses burning, gas stations attacked, military helicopters flying overhead – wasn’t just happening in remote rural towns long plagued by drug violence.—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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The food and drink As with most of the smaller Parisian hotels, all the food and drink action happens in the same place—the property’s entrance is designed to be a comfortable lounge, bar, and breakfast area.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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The earthquake's epicenter was located approximately 11 miles east-southeast of Johannesburg and occurred at a depth of just 1 mile.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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These conditions reinforce one another over time, quietly damaging blood vessels and organs long before a heart attack or kidney failure occurs.—
Jia Shen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Emerge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emerge. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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