OUTCROPPING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

outcropping

verb

Definition of outcropping

present participle of outcrop

as in emerging

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Earlier this month, experts told CNBC that India's economic growth story was not reflected in the country's key stock benchmarks, as many companies in emerging sectors are represented in the mid-cap and small-cap indexes and not the Nifty 50.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
The first-order AI trades — frontier labs and chipmakers — are holding up, but a fragility is emerging further down the chain among smaller deals.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of emerging

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If voters support it, the plan would cost Florida’s local governments about $31 million in the first year, rising to $32 million and then $34 million in the two years after.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Whether the next Resmed Global Sleep Survey shows the 39% partner-disruption figure rising or falling.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of rising

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That balance of function and polish is a big part of why the shape keeps surfacing across categories rather than staying tied to one designer, one brand or one price point.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
That’s despite fears of the tax surfacing among billionaires in late 2025.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of surfacing

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Now the extraordinary, blossoming Matisse faces in the direction of the original site for which it was designed, like a living memory.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
The Angels also would prefer not to replace Soriano from a blossoming corps of young arms.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of blossoming

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Scientists also think that quantum black holes could emerge from the trillions of proton collisions occurring in the LHC.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Rather than filtering contaminants out and concentrating them into waste, this method uses ozone gas and naturally occurring microbes to break contaminants down instead of just isolating them.

— Piper Heath, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of occurring

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Since breaking out in the tween-friendly Twilight saga twenty years ago, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have each transformed themselves into Hollywood’s most arthouse-friendly weirdos.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
The dispute led to a fight breaking out, during which police allege 47-year-old Victor Rivera Hartford stabbed Tellado.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

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