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as in source
a point or place at which something is invented or provided
the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation
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as in to start
to come into existence
when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally
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as in to release
to set free (as from slavery or confinement)
had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them
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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 spring
Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 20 May 2025
Chalamet wore a Tom Ford tuxedo and Jenner styled a vintage silver chainmail gown from Atelier Versace’s spring 1999 collection.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 May 2025
Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Spring has officially sprung and the cosmos is active with two overlapping meteor showers, supermoons, and now, the peak of the Eta Aquariids at the start of May.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 5 May 2025
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Noun
The proposal, which includes a condition that only one player per NFL team can participate, needs to receive 24 yes votes from the 32 teams during the spring ownership meetings in Minneapolis.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 20 May 2025
Chalamet wore a Tom Ford tuxedo and Jenner styled a vintage silver chainmail gown from Atelier Versace’s spring 1999 collection.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 May 2025
Verb
Graham’s personal convictions have sprung to mind in the course of the past few months, watching the Post’s current owner, Jeff Bezos, navigate his relationship with his newspaper and with the President.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Spring has officially sprung and the cosmos is active with two overlapping meteor showers, supermoons, and now, the peak of the Eta Aquariids at the start of May.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spring
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More than a decade ago, two young L’Oréal executives decided to leave their corporate positions and take the ultimate leap of faith by starting their own brand.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
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Consumer only just got used to the $70 increase from $60 a few years ago, and now this leap to $80, spearheaded by Nintendo and its Mario Kart World pricing, is irritating and exhausting when 4-5 games will now be the cost of an entire console by themselves.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Possible funding source But whatever the cost, the city has a source of cash to make the lease payments: $14 million that is yet to be spent on the $16 million project approved last fall to build holding cells on the top floor of Police Headquarters, Finance Director Tammy Queen said.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2025
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Despite the ransom payment, Joly did not want to give up his bargaining chip for his freedom, several sources previously told the Miami Herald.—
Shirsho Dasgupta,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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Celina, about 50 minutes west of Princeton and an hour north of Dallas, clocked an 18.2% population jump last year.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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Minnesota’s cohesion should be a boon to Collier’s production and the Lynx’s chemistry from the jump.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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This is a custom layer within the mattress designed to adapt and cradle sleepers at any position.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
9 May 2025
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Image Cardinal Parolin grew up in Schiavon, a small town in the northern Italian region of Veneto that is known as a cradle of popes.—
Jason Horowitz,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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This film, set in 1956, hops between the Palazzo Korda, its protagonist’s cavernous mansion, and different quarters of Modern Greater Independent Phoenicia, a vague Middle Eastern nation that’s depicted as an array of deserts, warring factions, and colonial outposts.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
18 May 2025
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Wear them on walking tours, museum trips, bar hops, and more.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2025
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The iconic watchmaker Swatch opened May 2 in a 830-square-foot space at the mall’s fountain court, according to the company.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2025
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Private villas were rented and transformed into extravagant replicas of the movies’ opulent Capitol, complete with servers in eccentric wigs, chocolate fountains that flowed for hours and enough colorful macarons to feed a small city.—
Kyle Buchanan,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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The inaugural Mass marked the official beginning of Leo’s pontificate.—
Molly Bohannon,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Coming back as a judge 20 years later is such a special full-circle moment for me and it’s meant a lot to share that journey with the people that have been there from the beginning, as well as a whole new generation of Idol fans.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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The dramedy from director Stephen Chbosky tells the true story of the origins of Enoteca Maria, the famed Italian restaurant on Staten Island.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
9 May 2025
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Pope Leo's Chicago origins and Peruvian service Born and raised in Chicago, Pope Leo XIV moved to Peru in 1985 to serve in the Augustinian mission in the area of Chulucanas.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 May 2025
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“Spring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spring. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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