outcropping

present participle of outcrop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcropping
Verb
  • The plan worked, and within hours, the animals were seen disappearing into the dark water, and emerging further down the line, to breathe from the holes the volunteers had placed in the ice above.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 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
Verb
  • Even before her election, tensions were rising between the two neighbors.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But as time went on, the family faced the challenges of everyday expenses and the rising cost of raising multiple children.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The delay in these stories surfacing isn’t unusual, for multiple reasons.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • With rumors swirling about head coaching vacancies in college football, Mississippi's Lane Kiffin has been a name surfacing quite a bit.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There, the Cougars celebrated by erupting into song.
    Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Thunderstorms erupting in the South and Midwest to kick off the weekend could turn severe and produce dangerous winds, a few tornadoes and heavy rain.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So, excited headlines about a blossoming romance between them certainly creates a narrative that distracts from all the negative news each has grappled with recently.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • After blossoming in the second half of his rookie season, Dolphins edge rusher Chop Robinson hasn’t been nearly as productive so far this season.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On smaller scales, stars, gas, radiation, feedback, and other effects arising from the physics of normal matter play an enormously important role, and simulations are still improving.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In particular, this history suggests that when each side views the other as an existential threat, maintaining political power becomes the greatest imperative—which only increases the likelihood of authoritarian solutions arising as a result.
    Time, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Michael Scott Fischer, an assistant professor at the University of Miami who studies rapid intensification, told me that evidence is emerging that rates of rapid intensification are becoming more extreme and that the phenomenon is occurring more frequently.
    Sara Sneath, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Microsoft first started breaking out Azure revenue growth last quarter.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Sold by MoreThan Films, a buzz title at September Venice Days, now breaking out abroad.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Outcropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcropping. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.

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