spring (up)

verb

Definition of spring (up)next
as in to surface
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spring (up)
  1. surface
  2. arise
  3. emerge
  4. happen
Verb
  • Instead, the site surfaces the 5070 Ti as the most powerful entry in the RTX 5000 series.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
  • As more customers use it, in more situations, more often, rare defects that barely registered in testing begin to surface.
    — Akhil Bhardwaj, Harvard Business Review, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of surface
Verb
  • The company denied treating the candidates unequally and said the problems arose from technical errors.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Reviewing policies, contracts, and payroll practices may give employers time to correct problems before a problem arises.
    — Steven M. Frederick, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of arise
Verb
  • The infrastructure addresses a problem that emerged as Codex accelerated software development.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • If Flagg emerges as a true face of the post-LeBron NBA, expect the race idolaters to react accordingly.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of emerge
Verb
  • Ossoff and El-Sayed, similarly to Kamala Harris during her presidential bid, also leaned into what was happening on the internet.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
  • There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of happen
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“Spring (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spring%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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