OUTCROPS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

outcrops

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present tense third-person singular of outcrop

as in surfaces

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Competitors have noticed the trend in recent weeks, which surfaces ahead of midterm elections that polls have suggested are likely to be favorable for Democrats, and not the Republicans who are Fox News’ strongest audience.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Instead, the site surfaces the 5070 Ti as the most powerful entry in the RTX 5000 series.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026

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Owning the Discover payment network allows the company to collect more of the fees merchants pay when customers use their cards — like American Express , which issues cards and owns its payment network.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took to the social platform X on Sunday to urge people in Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit and Michoacan to stay sheltered until the government issues a notification that the danger has passed.

— Fernando Llano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

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South Korea's strong economic growth has been driven largely by semiconductor exports as global demand for computing power rises with the AI boom.

— Lim Hui Jie,Jenny Lee, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
For those graduating from the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne (ECSCP), which was folded into the IFM in 2019 and focuses on fashion and couture craft and technique, the ratio rises to nearly 100 percent.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

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