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
  • However, Starbucks has struggled in recent years, along with other Western companies that have lost ground to local rivals amid rising nationalism and reluctance to pay premiums for foreign brands.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Flocks of snow buntings skitter across the sand, rising in confetti clouds.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 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
  • As commentators announced the single-game sacks record to television viewers, Garrett was shown erupting on the sidelines.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • There, the Cougars celebrated by erupting into song.
    Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • 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 9 Nov. 2025.

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