outcrops

Definition of outcropsnext
present tense third-person singular of outcrop

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Verb
  • The warning at the entrance was preceded by a towering statue of Pazuzu, a Mesopotamian demon-god that surfaces in Gorillaz videos and art at times.
    Peter Larsen, Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • According to Thea Gallagher, clinical psychologist and associate professor at NYU Langone Health, this moment often surfaces realities that were easy to ignore during the parenting years.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Sooner or later, meaning emerges sentence by sentence.
    Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
  • This phase diagram, a chart showing how a material behaves as variables such as doping or temperature change, is crucial for understanding how superconductivity emerges.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The city also issues residential parking permits.
    Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
  • As of September 2025, the IRS no longer issues paper checks, meaning most refunds will be issued by direct deposit or other electronic methods.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • 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, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Ghana’s gold regulators introduced a new sliding‑scale royalty rate that rises in line with bullion prices, despite opposition from China, the US, and mining executives.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Outcrops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcrops. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.

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