SURFACED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

surfaced

verb

past tense of surface

as in emerged

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road

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as in rose

to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier

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Recent Examples of surfaced The attention surfaced new accusations of misconduct against sitting members and thrust a spotlight onto others that were part of ongoing legal battles. — Anna Liss-Roy, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026 Reports of their separation surfaced in April 2017, and by August of that year, Carmelo had welcomed a daughter with ex Mia Burks. — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026 The allegations against Brand originally surfaced in 2023 via a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times, and the British TV program Dispatches. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2026 When photographs later surfaced, some KU fans loudly objected to the color choice. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026 But before Galliano could become the third, an uproar surfaced over his past comments, specifically a 2011 anti-semitic and racist rant in a Paris bar. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026 His campaign faced significant backlash in September after social media posts containing slurs against people with disabilities, derogatory language about LGBTQ+ people and language appearing to allude to a racial slur surfaced online. — Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026 The clips of the event that surfaced show male dancers in cowboy hats dancing and stripping on stage, reports the Daily Mail. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The trailer begins with Pegg, who plays serial killer anesthetist Jason Nash, peering at a screen as a Channel 4 news story reports that the new identity of his former girlfriend and accomplice, a nurse named Alice Bell, has surfaced online. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

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Unification with North Yemen in 1990 was intended to save it from collapse, but grievances that emerged during the transition period had a lasting effect well into the 21st century.

— Manfred W. Wenner All, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Nov. 2026
Lawyer Stephen Neal has emerged as a key figure in Nvidia's internal investigation into Huang, as he has been named the board's lead independent director.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of emerged

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In the lead up to the 2027 Met Gala, however, controversy arose months before stars were set to walk the Met steps.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 5 Nov. 2026
Asked if federal prosecutors offered Jimenez diversion as a way to avoid further scrutiny, McEvoy said in an email that both the diversion agreement and the request to put a stay on the judge’s order arose from requests made by Jimenez himself.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

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Differences appeared only in the third or fourth significant figures, which the researchers attributed to numerical rounding.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
Travis Kelce’s mom, Donna, also appeared to be sitting behind them, among other onlookers wearing Chiefs apparel.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of appeared

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The state also does not handle every single freeway crash, so its count could be lower than what has occurred.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 8 Nov. 2026
Simpson attributed this, at least in part, to the federal immigration enforcement activity that occurred last school year as part of Operation Midway Blitz.

— Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of occurred

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If Boise State’s offense got rolling, there would likely be no stopping it — and that’s exactly what happened.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 8 Nov. 2026
They were told that the plane was blown over by wind, and that the aircraft was parked in its stall when the incident happened.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026

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