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
  • But on the television broadcast that aired on Saturday, Antonia’s T-shirt had been censored, appearing to be all white.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In the following months, Ahmed started appearing in the press as a sophisticated hacker and activist whose robot would save countless lives.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of appearing
Verb
  • Frieze London will mark his third fair this year after last showing at one in January 2020.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Al Hassan remembers showing a group of visitors TAMM’s feature for taking pictures and reporting potholes.
    — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of showing
Verb
  • Mann outlined the concept for the new show, which is coming out in the next couple of months.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • There will be a new contender coming out of the men’s Money in the Bank ladder match immediately.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of coming out
Verb
  • Trump weighed in as the unrest intensified, arguing that what was unfolding went beyond the students’ complaints about France’s education system.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The White House move is unfolding against a far darker debate over where the technology is headed.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of unfolding
Verb
  • The Bears come into the game at 3-1, with their lone loss coming against the divisional foes, the Vikings.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Coastal flooding will remain the biggest concern for the region in the coming days, particularly for south-facing shores, given the combination of high tides, a higher-than-typical water level and the arriving tropical storm.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of coming
Verb
  • For decades, the seabirds have pecked at whales surfacing to breathe, gorging on their skin and blubber.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • By adapting delivery routes as climate and conflict conditions change, the tool could cut cost per child by 25% while surfacing 10 to 20% more children.
    — Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of surfacing
Verb
  • Cases get ludicrously expedited, so as not to jeopardize any looming funding rounds.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Milky Way paints the sky with dark, looming clouds lit by the galaxy's many stars.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of looming
Verb
  • Crowe, watching from behind one-way glass and turning up in encounters beyond the confines of the study itself, gives that intensity a perfectly legible antagonist, if not always a valid one.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026
  • To compile its 2027 list, the firm's strategists asked Morgan Stanley's North America analysts for their top recommendation for a one-year buy-and-hold investment horizon, turning up more than 50 names.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of turning up
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