outcropping

present participle of outcrop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcropping
Verb
  • Super Leaders not only embrace emerging technology but leverage it for both their own growth as well as the growth of their team.
    Kelly Jones, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Material World is a weekly roundup of innovations and ideas within the materials sector, covering news from emerging biomaterials and alternative leathers to sustainable substitutes and future-proof fibers.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • There are trade-offs, of course—rising Obamacare premiums will harm people, too.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Both consultants estimated that inflation in Caracas is currently running between 20% and 30% a month and is destined to keep rising as long as the bolivar depreciation continues.
    Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The views are stunning, with dense jungle lining the riverbanks and pink dolphins occasionally surfacing around dawn and dusk.
    Aaron Randolph, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Chrome After surfacing during the Art Deco movement in the 20s, chrome became prevalent in mid-century modern design and then again in the 80s.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Since Assad’s ousting, Syria has seen flare-ups of deadly sectarian violence, with clashes erupting between security forces and those loyal to the former president, including in Syria’s coastal Latakia region in March.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Moments later, the plane’s left wing reportedly caught fire and an engine detached, sending the wide-body freighter crashing to the ground and erupting into a fireball.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Guard Tyrese Maxey is on a tear to start the schedule, and Quentin Grimes is blossoming.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • The amplitude of gravitational waves arising dense masses (black holes and/or neutron stars) inspiraling into a low-mass black hole’s event horizon is the greatest in the known Universe.
    Big Think, Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But, unlike Section 122, there’s no limit to the level or duration of tariffs arising from Section 301 investigations.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Helm can’t see into the growling squawking forest to know what’s occurring in there.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The warning forecasts sustained surface winds, or frequent gusts, in the range of 34 knots (39 mph) to 47 knots (54 mph), either predicted or occurring, and not directly associated with a tropical cyclone, the NWS glossary explains.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Sold by MoreThan Films, a buzz title at September Venice Days, now breaking out abroad.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Microsoft first started breaking out Azure revenue growth last quarter.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Outcropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcropping. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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