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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Deadline has partnered with The Brit List to profile some of the emerging writers who have made this year’s ranking of the best unproduced UK film and TV projects.
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Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Advertisement But an emerging body of research shows that there are best practices for how to prepare students for active shooters in schools—though schools across the country may not be following them.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
The effort will boost environmentally minded independent designers, emerging talent and students in different ways with the objective being to reshape how fashion is made, produced and consumed.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Retail traders have quietly been emerging as the market's new smart money.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
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Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Advertisement But an emerging body of research shows that there are best practices for how to prepare students for active shooters in schools—though schools across the country may not be following them.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
The effort will boost environmentally minded independent designers, emerging talent and students in different ways with the objective being to reshape how fashion is made, produced and consumed.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Retail traders have quietly been emerging as the market's new smart money.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
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The amplitude of gravitational waves arising dense masses (black holes and/or neutron stars) inspiraling into a low-mass black hole’s event horizon is the greatest in the known Universe.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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But, unlike Section 122, there’s no limit to the level or duration of tariffs arising from Section 301 investigations.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The views are stunning, with dense jungle lining the riverbanks and pink dolphins occasionally surfacing around dawn and dusk.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Chrome After surfacing during the Art Deco movement in the 20s, chrome became prevalent in mid-century modern design and then again in the 80s.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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Sustained, strong winds with even stronger gusts are happening.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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The median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average sales price, which would mean taking the sum of all sales prices then dividing by the number of homes sold.—
USA TODAY Network,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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Lake effect snow was also occurring south of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, the weather service said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Emerging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emerging. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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