outcrops

verb

present tense third-person singular of outcrop
as in surfaces

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  1. surfaces
  2. emerges
  3. issues
  4. rises
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  • This question surfaces the hidden hypothesis behind the initiative.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • BioShocking nonetheless surfaces yet another way to defeat guardrails designed to keep LLMs from going off the rails.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
Definition of surfaces
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  • What emerges is incremental efficiency rather than true transformation.
    — Nigel Vaz, Time, 20 July 2026
  • For me, the metaphysical questions always come first, and the story emerges organically from the questions.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Definition of emerges
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  • The Bank of Korea (BOK) is the central bank of South Korea and the institution that issues the Korean won.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Flex Global also issues cards to businesses operating globally.
    — Arthur Zackiewicz, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Definition of issues
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  • The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.
    — STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • The bare, symmetrical peak rises impassively over the entire landscape.
    — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
Definition of rises
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