Thesaurus results for SPRINGING (UP)

springing (up)

verb

Definition of springing (up)

present participle of spring (up)

as in arising

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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The demands for transparency, and the online speculation arising from this trickle of information, put McIlrath in a bind.

— Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
The agreement requires Haiti to pay Stone’s legal fees if he is drawn into any investigation or audit arising from the work, the advocacy group notes.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of arising

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One of them is Jenesis Laforcarde, founder of The Jenesis House, a wellness space that kept surfacing in my research.

— Stefanie Benjamin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
But their unrest is surfacing as stubbornly high gas prices leave voters in a cash crunch back home.

— Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of surfacing

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Both came away with a close-up view of the challenges facing emerging labels.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
For two decades, IDFA’s new media program DocLab has explored how emerging technologies and new forms of interaction can expand what documentary can be and how audiences experience it.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of emerging

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About 20 feet behind Belfie's fence, a CBS News Philadelphia drone captured where the water is coming up from the ground.

— Liz Crawford, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Relatively wealthy developing countries, such as South Africa, have started coming up with much of the funding for their own HIV programs.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2026

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