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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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  • Quantum Metric said its VoC solution automatically surfaces sentiment, issues and trends across feedback, then ties it to prior sessions.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This is something that surfaces at a certain point in the film.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of surfaces
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  • As the train emerges from the tunnel, pitch darkness alternates with sudden bursts of sunlight through openings in the bedrock.
    — Ben Corn, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Washington and other donors often step up when a crisis emerges, but scrambling to put together an emergency response is far from the best way to handle a biological threat.
    — STEPHANIE PSAKI, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of emerges
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  • And filmmaking, unlike law or medicine, issues no license at the end of the program and has no job guarantees.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • And what about his decision to ask cops to ask cops not to issues criminal summonses since e-bike collisions are up 25% so far this year?
    — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of issues
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  • Smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery as seen from Dzerzhinsky in the Moscow region on September 20, 2026.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The upper floor has roughly 11-foot ceilings, while the main level rises to about 14 feet, according to the listing information.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
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“Outcrops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcrops. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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