as in arising
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 emerging
Mongbwalu, a once-thriving gold-mining town in eastern DRC, is now emerging as the epicenter of the country’s latest Ebola outbreak.
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Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 28 May 2026
Meanwhile, global demand continues to pull supply toward emerging markets, which are unconstrained by those rules.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Still, investors have grown increasingly concerned about the potential for the emerging technology to disrupt the software industry’s business model altogether.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Addiction experts and state regulators say this has opened the door to an emerging public health crisis.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
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Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 28 May 2026
Meanwhile, global demand continues to pull supply toward emerging markets, which are unconstrained by those rules.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Still, investors have grown increasingly concerned about the potential for the emerging technology to disrupt the software industry’s business model altogether.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Addiction experts and state regulators say this has opened the door to an emerging public health crisis.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emerging
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Indian Hotels Company is particularly eyeing opportunities arising from a shift in destination weddings from foreign locations to India.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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Some 150 to 200 cable faults happen every year, with 70 to 80 percent of them arising from accidents involving fishing equipment and ships’ anchors, according to the International Cable Protection Committee.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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Though bronze objects had been found previously, with other Wendel rings reported surfacing nearby, neck rings are typically found buried with other goods or in hoards.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
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Teams stop surfacing dissent because the culture has already signaled that the answer has been decided.—
Mary Hemphill,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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And ceasefire, allowing complete unfettered access, and most importantly, a full respect for humanitarian law and humanitarian aid workers, and that simply isn't happening at all right now.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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Out with the Old, in with the Letterboxd Hollywood has always been obsessed with youth, but the current generational turnover happening inside entertainment has been especially disorienting for several reasons.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
31 May 2026
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Beyond all of this is the unrealized potential of creating an infrastructure dedicated to space launches occurring hours apart instead of months, hosting a payload of hundreds of tonnes in one go at costs estimated at $60 per pound by 2035.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
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In other words, menopause is occurring against the backdrop of modern life rather than separately from it.—
Meggen Harris,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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“Emerging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emerging. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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