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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Until then, omitting leap seconds will make our digital infrastructure easier to manage and less prone to bugs or service outages arising from a leap second discontinuity.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
The change won’t be noticed by most of us, and switching to continuous time will be easier for our digital infrastructure—there will be much less risk of bugs or service outages arising from a leap second discontinuity.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of arising

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In fact, proprietary grooming, rigging and surfacing tools used on the predecessors could not simply be transferred to DNEG’s pipeline.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Morning coffee, a work call under shade, weeknight dinner and a wind-down soak each earn their own outdoor room, with the furniture, shade and surfacing that activity requires.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of surfacing

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Advertisement That does not make the markets emerging around lionfish, green crab, ta’ape, and carp meaningless.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
The university introduced an aerospace engineering degree this fall, giving students a direct connection to emerging aviation systems.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerging

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Ella Langley, Dandelion Once again, everything is coming up Ella Langley.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
The team previously had announced a Doja Cat concert – scheduled the same night as Game 2 of the WNBA Finals coming up Monday – would be moved if Golden State got that far.

— Jill Martin, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

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