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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
Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
The depth of the 2024 Antarctic ozone hole – which appears over the Antarctic each year in spring and shows especially dramatic thinning of the ozone layer – was below the 1990–2020 average.
—New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Marvel Tōkon goes a step further, often appearing like a sketchbook sprung to life as background environments and even the characters themselves fade from pencil shades to full virtual ink throughout the game.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The Hawks finished 6-6 in 2024 and last reached the FCS playoffs in the spring of 2021.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
The depth of the 2024 Antarctic ozone hole – which appears over the Antarctic each year in spring and shows especially dramatic thinning of the ozone layer – was below the 1990–2020 average.
—New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
In an interview with Vogue at the time, Dobrev revealed that White had sprung the proposal on her by creating a fake invite to an industry event.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Marvel Tōkon goes a step further, often appearing like a sketchbook sprung to life as background environments and even the characters themselves fade from pencil shades to full virtual ink throughout the game.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spring
Noun
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Meta, however, may be taking a bold leap forward with its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Sep. 2025
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While the immediate retooling impacts the auto workforce across the state, the shifts also affect the international competition where experts think China and Europe are leaps and bounds ahead of American EV technology and adoption.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For 39 percent of seniors, benefits are their only source of income.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose on the back of Alibaba's jump.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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The jump was enough to thrust him back onto the Dodgers’ radar.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Finally, one of the tall cranes lifted the boat out of the water, high into the air, and carefully swung it over and down onto the team’s boat cradle, on shore.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Pueblo September 12, 1923 Flo walked into her mother’s room and saw Blue at the foot of the cradle.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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The tone for the night was set right off the hop as Vargas and company needed only 45 seconds to score on the game’s opening possession via a 28-yard pass to Stefanovich.—
Matt Roy,
Boston Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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There are so many elements of hip hop, pop, and very diva-esque parts to the music, which created the sense of diversity and cultural layers that stay true to the XG brand and XG’s signature style.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
19 Sep. 2025
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Midway, his son, Alexander Stirling Calder, posed three reclining Art Deco figures in a fountain, representing the three main waterways of the city.—
Chloe Schama,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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Unrelated file photo of a man filling his own bottle with free drinking water at a fountain, in Frankfurt, Germany, taken in August 2018.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The arrival marked the beginning of a day steeped in royal tradition and diplomatic symbolism.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai sees the ‘beginning to see some kind of bubble,’ then it’s probably justified.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Following this storyline, most accounts of Korea just after World War II look at these years for the origins of the Korean War.—
Kornel Chang
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Like other spirits categories, tequila is protected by government regulations and a denomination of origin.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Spring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spring. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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