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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Mohammadi said Iranians are grappling with multiple crises arising from the war.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Kagan handles emergency matters arising from the 9th Circuit, which includes California.

— Stepheny Price , Jasmine Baehr , Shannon Bream , Bill Mears, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of arising

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That balance of function and polish is a big part of why the shape keeps surfacing across categories rather than staying tied to one designer, one brand or one price point.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
That’s despite fears of the tax surfacing among billionaires in late 2025.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of surfacing

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Earlier this month, experts told CNBC that India's economic growth story was not reflected in the country's key stock benchmarks, as many companies in emerging sectors are represented in the mid-cap and small-cap indexes and not the Nifty 50.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
The first-order AI trades — frontier labs and chipmakers — are holding up, but a fragility is emerging further down the chain among smaller deals.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of emerging

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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
The defense remained fully engaged in the second half, coming up with two huge stops to prevent the game from heading in the wrong direction.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming up

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The rest of the action is a bit later in the day, with the next game happening between the Blue Jays and Orioles.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Both of those players, by the way, are eligible to return to practice this week, but Campbell doesn't see that happening for either of them.

— Christian Romo, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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