emerges

verb

present tense third-person singular of emerge
as in arises
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 emerges If Flagg emerges as a true face of the post-LeBron NBA, expect the race idolaters to react accordingly. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 What many forget, however, is that once a product becomes a hit, a new set of challenges emerges. — Akhil Bhardwaj, Harvard Business Review, 30 Oct. 2026 Lakshmana emerges as a formidable warrior in the battles against Ravana’s forces. — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026 The Royal Road to the Un-Understandable This schizophrenic self that emerges in a vehicle is what links road horror to dream states. — Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026 The portrait that emerges is one of Holmes as the victim of yet another controlling, abusive man. — ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026 Behavior emerges from communication between the nervous system, muscles and other tissues throughout the body. — Tara Deans, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026 Tones shimmer at a distance until a pulse emerges and becomes the song’s main idea. — Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026 That’s when a chorus of disapproving groans emerges from the other end of the phone line. — Julie Klausner, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emerges
  1. arises
  2. surfaces
  3. appears
  4. happens
  5. occurs
Verb
  • The operational decisions also depend on where the threat arises.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • In new research published in the Journal of Neuroscience, my colleagues and I discovered that this ability arises from how their auditory systems are able to more consistently and reliably process sounds compared with people who aren’t blind.
    — Woon Ju Park, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of arises
Verb
  • Competitors have noticed the trend in recent weeks, which surfaces ahead of midterm elections that polls have suggested are likely to be favorable for Democrats, and not the Republicans who are Fox News’ strongest audience.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Instead, the site surfaces the 5070 Ti as the most powerful entry in the RTX 5000 series.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of surfaces
Verb
  • Voter turnout in this year’s election appears to be the best in a midterm in Miami-Dade in over 20 years.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Raven says the image appears roughly equivalent to a 16-inch screen that’s held at arm’s length, with more than 1,500 nits of brightness.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of appears
Verb
  • Her day job as a director of a local preschool means the agony and ecstasy of six figure bidding wars happens largely after Plant has clocked off.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Pablo, who has called Davie home for 15 years, says heavy flooding in his neighborhood happens every two to three years.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of happens
Verb
  • Deficient calcification sometimes occurs naturally, but biologists suspect vitamin D deficiency when teeth are regularly stratified by layers of hardened and soft dentin.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This release occurs on the side of Earth facing away from the Sun, roughly 28,000 to 40,000 miles (45,000 to 65,000 kilometers) from Earth.
    — Mark Moldwin, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of occurs

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