as in exteriors
an outer part or layer
the surface of just about everything in the kitchen was covered with soot after we put the grease fire out
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as in emerges
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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Recent Examples of surfaces
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
Similarly, avoid using steam on moisture-sensitive and heat-sensitive items and surfaces.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
The restaurant violated 18 standards, including an employee wearing a watch while preparing food and soiled wiping cloths on prep surfaces.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
Amazon reviewers say the wheels are smooth on a range of surfaces and that the material is durable.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Even though structures such as gills are tucked away inside animals’ bodies, their surfaces are actually external from a topological perspective, said Karl Niklas, an emeritus professor of biomechanics at Cornell University.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2025
The team’s innovation focuses on Surface Immobilized Electrides, a new type of material made by attaching solvated electron precursors to stable surfaces like diamond and silicon carbide.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
That’s why experts urge parents to have conversations with their children on how to identify these trends—as well as strategies for managing social media when this content inevitably surfaces.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 22 Oct. 2025
Still, whenever a major college coaching job opens up, his name inevitably surfaces in speculation — including this week, when Penn State fired James Franklin.
—Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
This could look like a deeper level of intimacy in a romantic relationship, a business alliance leveling up, or a friendship where truth finally surfaces.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025
Hinson’s group empowers women leaders to do this via the Power Archetype Index, a diagnostic framework that surfaces unconscious leadership patterns and provides women with a personal roadmap of the four factors that underpin impact.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
More recently, though, its presence has broadened — the track now surfaces across posts expressing all kinds of emotions and drama.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
This question surfaces every August with the release of the preseason poll.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
Run The Range Hood Hot air and steam carry oil droplets during cooking and deposit them, leaving behind a greasy residue on cabinets, walls, and other surfaces.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
Similarly, avoid using steam on moisture-sensitive and heat-sensitive items and surfaces.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
The restaurant violated 18 standards, including an employee wearing a watch while preparing food and soiled wiping cloths on prep surfaces.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
Amazon reviewers say the wheels are smooth on a range of surfaces and that the material is durable.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Even though structures such as gills are tucked away inside animals’ bodies, their surfaces are actually external from a topological perspective, said Karl Niklas, an emeritus professor of biomechanics at Cornell University.
—Quanta Magazine, 27 Oct. 2025
The team’s innovation focuses on Surface Immobilized Electrides, a new type of material made by attaching solvated electron precursors to stable surfaces like diamond and silicon carbide.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
The series is technically a prequel to 2017's IT and 2019's IT Chapter Two, which were adapted from Stephen King's 1986 epic novel about Derry, Maine, a small town being terrorized by an ancient, child-devouring evil that surfaces every 27 years.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
That’s why experts urge parents to have conversations with their children on how to identify these trends—as well as strategies for managing social media when this content inevitably surfaces.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 22 Oct. 2025
Still, whenever a major college coaching job opens up, his name inevitably surfaces in speculation — including this week, when Penn State fired James Franklin.
—Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
This could look like a deeper level of intimacy in a romantic relationship, a business alliance leveling up, or a friendship where truth finally surfaces.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025
Hinson’s group empowers women leaders to do this via the Power Archetype Index, a diagnostic framework that surfaces unconscious leadership patterns and provides women with a personal roadmap of the four factors that underpin impact.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
More recently, though, its presence has broadened — the track now surfaces across posts expressing all kinds of emotions and drama.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2025
This question surfaces every August with the release of the preseason poll.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfaces
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The pilot is almost all exteriors at nighttime, and that means night shoots.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some exteriors around the studio have also been dressed up for scenes outside the hospital.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Advertisement Mamdani’s vision of an equitable, affordable urbanity emerges as a challenge to this long history of abandonment and exclusion.—
Fahad Zuberi,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Also effective is the picture that gradually emerges of the two parents at the center of this whole thing.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Even as this risk rises rapidly, there are still plans for launching mega constellations of tiny satellites akin to those that are already orbiting as part of SpaceX’s Starlink system, along with a newly emerging push for orbital data centers such as Nvidia’s Starcloud.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
7 Nov. 2025
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The film is based on the true story of Joseph ‘Lupo’ Rulli (Interdonato), a legendary New Jersey boxer plagued with polio before his career peaks, who then rises as a mobster in the Bonanno Crime family, while his older brother Dennis (Stahl) becomes a decorated State Policeman in the same town.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Wet and dry fronts, prevailing winds, moisture and vapour, meeting, as luck would have it, exactly at the top of that big mountain on the little island.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Scott brought his mother Sandra and thanked her on many fronts.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Violence arises from a different kind of performance.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2025
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Sure, the rules might be the same everywhere, as the Universe fundamentally uses the same fundamental ingredients and the same fundamental laws to form stars, planets, and whatever molecular machinery arises on those worlds all throughout the Universe.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This also occurs in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is known as the aurora australis, or southern lights.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Support and Isolation When a crisis occurs, people come out of the woodwork.—
Lana Wilhelm,
Flow Space,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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So what happens if your flight is affected?—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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When this happens, visibilities frequently drop to one-quarter of a mile or less.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The fact that the county is looking to launch the same number of spots appears to be a coincidence, although two leaders from Father Joe’s — Chief Health Officer Megan Partch and Chief Strategy Officer Joshua Bohannan — showed up to Tuesday’s board meeting to praise the proposal.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Instead, the program appears to rely heavily on sensationalized accounts from secondary sources with no direct knowledge or relationship with him or his family.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Surfaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surfaces. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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