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resurfaces

verb

present tense third-person singular of resurface
as in reappears

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  1. appears
  2. materializes
  3. comes
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  • The constitutional amendment appears on the ballot as Amendment 7.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • His shirt is cut open during the video to reveal what appears to be a gaping gunshot wound in his back.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of appears
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  • That deep bond is something Awad witnesses firsthand nearly every night on the road, where her digital fandom materializes into physical rooms filled with devoted readers (often donning rabbit ears).
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Alpha Three is waiting for Alpha Six (Riley Keogh), who suddenly materializes out of nowhere, dressed in an identical leather jacket, jeans and boots combo.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of materializes
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  • On the heels of a normal-sounding nominee for surgeon general comes another normal-sounding nominee for the FDA.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The emotional episode comes one week after viewers saw Meadows return to the Aleutian Lady following a medical leave.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
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“Resurfaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resurfaces. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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