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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  • The stronger model is one in which AI narrows the decision space, surfaces relevant signals and explains why an action is being recommended.
    — Rahul Saluja, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • When a location's performance shifts, the data surfaces it in time to act.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of surfaces
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  • The process of building a character requires some degree of ego death, and as the old Mona disappears and a new Mona emerges, Moore’s own performance reaches transcendent levels of hilarity.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Yet, what feels different now, Stevens said, is DHS’s growing willingness to double down even after evidence of citizenship emerges.
    — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of emerges
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  • Student growth The state issues a letter grade to each school on an A through F scale, and while 80% of the grade is based purely on test scores, about 20% of the calculation is based on students’ year-over-year improvement.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The nation's growing federal debt -- which topped $40 trillion for the first time last month -- is expected to push up interest rates as the government issues ever-larger numbers of Treasury bonds in an effort to fund federal spending.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of issues
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  • This percentage of stellar partnership rises to around 90% of massive stars.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • That could be important in neighborhoods where demand rises sharply when residents return home and switch on appliances, heating or cooling systems.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of rises
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