outcropped

verb

past tense of outcrop
as in broke out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcropped
  1. broke out
  2. issued
  3. emerged
  4. rose
  5. surfaced
  6. arose
  7. erupted
  8. blossomed
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  • Justus had been campaigning near the election offices when the argument broke out.
    — Nathan Pilling July 22, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
  • Oil prices have already surged $20 a barrel this month after war broke out again in the Middle East.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of broke out
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  • Jernigan recalled reprimands issued for this sort of lapse but knew of no arrests.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Because Hostin had no criminal history and cooperated with officers, police said he was issued a summons for trespass and released.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of issued
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  • Has the two-time All-Star fully emerged from his season-long funk?
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Cunningham has emerged as one of the biggest stars in the WNBA over the last year, especially among conservatives.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of emerged
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  • The positivity rate rose to 21% among employees who underwent random hair testing, according to the company’s annual Drug Testing Index.
    — A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Shares in chipmakers Samsung and TSMC in particular saw big gains from comparative lows, as investors bet that semiconductor demand would continue; tech-heavy benchmarks in South Korea, Taiwan, and China all rose.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of rose
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  • The tool flagged three suspicious batch codes and surfaced one lead that VML says became part of an active police investigation.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • In one 2026 analysis by RankRabbit AI of more than 350,000 business listings, only a small fraction were surfaced by AI assistants when users asked for recommendations—and AI visibility proved far harder to earn than a traditional local ranking.
    — Hastimal Jangid, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of surfaced
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  • Questions arose about Harper potentially violating MLB rules.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Against Spain, Deschamps’ problems arose throughout his team’s spine.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of arose
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  • Pompeii is often thought of as an undisturbed time capsule, a once-bustling port that fell silent after Mount Vesuvius erupted and blanketed the ancient Roman city with a thick layer of ash in AD 79.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • The Toronto stadium erupted — then the fourth official's monitor lit up, and 30,000 people watched the celebration die in real time.
    — Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of erupted
Verb
  • While its roots go back to Don the Beachcomber in Hollywood in the 1930s, tiki culture blossomed after World War II, when American soldiers came back from the Pacific theater with stories of tropical islands.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
  • Not until the remarkable twist of fate became clear years later, when that infant blossomed into Lamine Yamal.
    — Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Definition of blossomed
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