springs (up)

verb

Definition of springs (up)next
present tense third-person singular of spring (up)
as in surfaces
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 Synonyms for springs (up)
  1. surfaces
  2. arises
  3. emerges
  4. happens
Verb
  • Functionally correct code could violate regulatory controls without anyone knowing until an audit surfaces it.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Whether a technician needs an asset’s repair history, a manager wants to check open work orders across locations or an operator needs to dispatch the right vendor, Claude surfaces the right information and automates the workflow.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Definition of surfaces
Verb
  • But as societies everywhere ramp up efforts to discourage drinking, a bigger, more difficult question arises.
    — Tim Brinkhof, Time, 23 July 2026
  • They are allowed to manage resources, but if pressure arises, if the cost-benefit changes, support will begin to wane.
    — Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of arises
Verb
  • What emerges is incremental efficiency rather than true transformation.
    — Nigel Vaz, Time, 20 July 2026
  • For me, the metaphysical questions always come first, and the story emerges organically from the questions.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Definition of emerges
Verb
  • As happens in many parts of Italy, the problem of finding work or decent housing is compounded by personal and family vulnerabilities.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • That, however, happens before a large-scale turnaround, where an enormous amount of hard work, a decade now for No Man’s Sky, turns it into something truly great.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of happens
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