resurfacing

verb

present participle of resurface
as in reappearing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for resurfacing
  1. appearing
  2. showing
  3. coming out
  4. unfolding
  5. coming
  6. surfacing
  7. looming
  8. turning up
Verb
  • Children, including some as young as 1, are appearing before immigration judges alone because of administration disruptions to legal services.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Dominican Republic native spent the 2026 season with the Mets organization, appearing in nine games for New York and playing in 65 games for Triple-A Syracuse.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of appearing
Verb
  • Surveillance footage from a nearby business, Wall2Wall Grillz, captured part of the encounter showing the teen walking through a parking lot before entering a vehicle with an older man.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The court systems have made such a mockery of roster construction that Sports Illustrated went so far as to create a tracker showing who can and cannot play and how each case was decided.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of showing
Verb
  • Darrel Grubbs, of Schererville, is considered a core volunteer for Habitat, coming out on a regular basis to help build homes.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Nicholson has taken a break from the spotlight, with his last movie coming out in 2010.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of coming out
Verb
  • Again, the offseason is unfolding on a very typical timeline.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Greer has also been embroiled in the unfolding infidelity and national security scandal around Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of unfolding
Verb
  • Important this year is the image of the brilliant yellow daffodil, of which the city plans to plant 250,000 bulbs in the coming months.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • This time around, their performance arrived on the tail of North American and European legs of their Reality Awaits tour, which will bring them to Mexico, South America, and Australia in the coming months.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of coming
Verb
  • The oversight itself will also serve as a means to an end, the person said, publicly surfacing information that could later materially impact a company.
    — Justin Papp,Garrett Downs,Megan Cassella, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The royal family continues to dominate headlines, with new stories surfacing every day.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of surfacing
Verb
  • Trump looming over the entire ticket this year increased the map’s poison for conservatives, and no one was immune.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Time may finally be up for Butker in Kansas City with Justin Tucker looming.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of looming
Verb
  • But faulty notices are also turning up in new places, Hearn said.
    — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
  • In 2001, he was fired from MTV UK after turning up to work dressed as Osama bin Laden two days after the September 11 terror attacks.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of turning up
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