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
Törnberg identified three new kinds of emerging online media platforms, starting with private or semi-private group chats like WhatsApp.
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ArsTechnica, 7 May 2026
Main Street is sanguine, with corporate profits at record highs, unemployment still near historic lows, and the US emerging as a relative winner.
—Rachel Keidan, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
Vuong’s mother got a chance to see him as a successful writer, not as an emerging photographer.
—Sarah Moroz, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
As IndieWire exclusively announces, the new program is designed to identify and elevate a single emerging filmmaker with a distinct creative voice worth championing today.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
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ArsTechnica, 7 May 2026
Main Street is sanguine, with corporate profits at record highs, unemployment still near historic lows, and the US emerging as a relative winner.
—Rachel Keidan, semafor.com, 7 May 2026
Vuong’s mother got a chance to see him as a successful writer, not as an emerging photographer.
—Sarah Moroz, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
As IndieWire exclusively announces, the new program is designed to identify and elevate a single emerging filmmaker with a distinct creative voice worth championing today.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
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Working with predominantly Latino families, Barba said the nine-week intervention, which usually consists of six to 10 community members, became a way to help people deal with fear arising from the immigration enforcement activities happening in Lake County as well as throughout the Chicago area.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The culprit is static electricity arising from the fracturing and friction between the beans during grinding.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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This week’s episode digs into the high-stakes race between the companies, surfacing new details and doubts about whether either lander will be ready in time.—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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But researchers’ estimates that Grok was generating thousands of harmful images an hour appear to be increasingly backed by lawsuits from victims surfacing non-consensual images.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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Maybe crushes were happening, maybe not; none of my business.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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This story isn’t a far walk from what’s happening in Hollywood and the wider world.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
3 May 2026
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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,
3 May 2026
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The possibility that prostitution was occurring at the motel came as no surprise to locals, whose city routinely ranks among the poorest and most crime-ridden in California.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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“Emerging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emerging. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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