OUTCROP Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

outcrop

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Definition of outcrop

as in to surface

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Recent Examples of outcrop The previously oldest rock formation was the Acasta Gneiss, outcropping in the Slave Craton of the Canadian Northwest Territories. — David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 The granite outcropping that so enchanted Brown and Weisgard is called Pole Island. — Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024 The permit area contains two outcropping porphyry targets (Ricardo Herrera and Sortilegio) and one zone with signatures of both porphyry-epithermal and skarn mineralization (Vista Alegre). — Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024 Five friends traveled from Florida to be on a rock outcropping to witness the celestial event. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for outcrop

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Reports of their separation surfaced in April 2017, and by August of that year, Carmelo had welcomed a daughter with ex Mia Burks.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
The oversight itself will also serve as a means to an end, the person said, publicly surfacing information that could later materially impact a company.

— Justin Papp,Garrett Downs,Megan Cassella, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

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The major online retailer Ozon said a drone attack caused a fire to break out at its logistics center in Adygeysk, in Russia's Adygea region, but that there were no casualties.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
The history of music has always been regional, and 7 Miles Out speaks to all the boho post-punk scenes that broke out not only all over the UK but in the US too, in Atlanta, Ohio and especially Seattle.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

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Wisconsin Democrat David Crowley defeated a Republican with close ties to Trump on Tuesday, rising from a childhood in one of the nation's poorest neighborhoods to become the first Black person to lead the battleground state.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
The Democrat went on to represent the area in Congress, rising to become Democratic caucus chair from 2013 to 2017.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

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Miami Beach code compliance officers also checked on the polling station at least six times for possible loud music and signage code adherence pertaining to Basabe, although no violations were issued, records show.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Just last month, animal control officers in Fairfield issued a warning to residents, urging caution after two people were attacked.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026

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