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the act of becoming known or coming into view; the act of emerging
her rapid emergence as a national political figure the emergence of the Internet as an important means of communication
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Recent Examples of emergences
Founded in 1978, the auxiliary supports sworn officers at accidents sites and natural disasters and other emergences by providing crowd control and traffic direction.
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Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Another question the team might face – whether the return of Garrett from major elbow surgery and emergences of Snelling and White will prompt a trade of ace right-hander Sandy Alcantara – is more complicated.
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Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
After a final sequence of emergences and contractions, the ciliate eventually got fed up, pulled up stakes and swam away, presumably looking for a less noxious place to settle down.
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Claire L. Evans,
Quanta Magazine,
30 July 2025
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
Another question the team might face – whether the return of Garrett from major elbow surgery and emergences of Snelling and White will prompt a trade of ace right-hander Sandy Alcantara – is more complicated.
—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
After a final sequence of emergences and contractions, the ciliate eventually got fed up, pulled up stakes and swam away, presumably looking for a less noxious place to settle down.
—
Claire L. Evans,
Quanta Magazine,
30 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emergences
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New arrivals of conscription-age Ukrainians, broadly 23 to 60, would be excluded from fresh protections as Kyiv seeks to replenish troops after staggering battlefield losses.
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Although the trains no longer run, the place is ready for arrivals.
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Angels reliever Ryan Zeferjahn (4-3) struck out two in a scoreless seventh to earn the win and increase his hitless streak to 10 innings, with 19 strikeouts, over his last nine appearances.
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Messi now has 123 international goals — second all time to Cristiano Ronaldo’s 145 — in 202 appearances.
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There are market debuts like Cerebras and Quantinuum, tidy roll-ups like Cursor (SpaceX) and Modular (Qualcomm), and SPAC mergers like Agility Robotics (Churchill Capital) and Terra Quantum (Axiom Intelligence).
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La Liga has confirmed the 2026/2027 season debuts and El Clasico dates for FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
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“Emergences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emergences. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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