surfaces 1 of 2

noun

plural of surface
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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surfaces

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verb

present tense third-person singular of surface
1
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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2
as in rises
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 surfaces
Noun
The evening celebrated Villeneuve alongside artist Vija Celmins, known for her depictions of ocean surfaces, desert floors and night skies. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 8 Nov. 2026 The squarer sidewalls of all-terrain tires can also dig into loose surfaces more easily, causing a lever action that can flip a vehicle. — Stephen Edelstein, The Drive, 7 Nov. 2026 Rather than relying solely on movement around the pool, the navigation system is intended to help the cleaner cover surfaces more methodically, reducing the amount of manual intervention required. — New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026 Beneath Rocks and Bricks Slugs, snails, and various insects will sometimes also use rocks, bricks, garden bed edging, wooden boards, and other hard surfaces for shelter until spring. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 6 Nov. 2026 Hard surfaces take priority over bedding and plush toys in most households. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026 As a result, PhoneBot can walk on flat surfaces and stand up from a face-down position. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 The virus can also survive outside the body, lingering in the air and on surfaces. — Rebecca Smullin Dawson, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026 Accumulation of food debris observed on blue cutting board stored with other clean food contact surfaces in back of kitchen. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
Competitors have noticed the trend in recent weeks, which surfaces ahead of midterm elections that polls have suggested are likely to be favorable for Democrats, and not the Republicans who are Fox News’ strongest audience. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026 Instead, the site surfaces the 5070 Ti as the most powerful entry in the RTX 5000 series. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026 Creating space for innovation requires the discipline of scheduling regular brainstorms and taking them seriously, because showing up regularly is what surfaces good ideas. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 Manifest surfaces Machado’s team soon learned that information about one of the charter flights had circulated outside the group. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 Instead of a treasury analyst manually pulling payment data into a spreadsheet to spot trends, the tool surfaces patterns, opportunities and risks automatically, through dashboards and peer comparisons. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026 Quantum Metric said its VoC solution automatically surfaces sentiment, issues and trends across feedback, then ties it to prior sessions. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 When a location's performance shifts, the data surfaces it in time to act. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 What reads at a casual distance as serene maternal tenderness shifts, on closer inspection, into something more ambivalent—a shade of melancholy that surfaces only when the eye lingers on Mary’s face. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfaces
  1. exteriors
  2. emerges
  3. rises
  4. fronts
  5. arises
  6. occurs
  7. happens
  8. appears
Noun
  • Many teriyaki shops also have chicken katsu and egg rolls on the menu, but the versions here are standouts for their nongreasy crispy exteriors.
    — Allecia Vermillion, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Since completing her project, the building, whose exteriors were landmarked, has been redeveloped into residential units, with the only hint of its past the remaining rooftop sign.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
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Verb
  • If Flagg emerges as a true face of the post-LeBron NBA, expect the race idolaters to react accordingly.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • What many forget, however, is that once a product becomes a hit, a new set of challenges emerges.
    — Akhil Bhardwaj, Harvard Business Review, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of emerges
Verb
  • South Korea's strong economic growth has been driven largely by semiconductor exports as global demand for computing power rises with the AI boom.
    — Lim Hui Jie,Jenny Lee, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
  • For those graduating from the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne (ECSCP), which was folded into the IFM in 2019 and focuses on fashion and couture craft and technique, the ratio rises to nearly 100 percent.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of rises
Noun
  • Last Sunday, New England might have provided a blueprint of sorts by playing a good amount of eight-man fronts that were designed to limit the run game.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Eisenkot has promised to close the fronts Netanyahu left open.
    — Lior Soroka, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of fronts
Verb
  • The operational decisions also depend on where the threat arises.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • In new research published in the Journal of Neuroscience, my colleagues and I discovered that this ability arises from how their auditory systems are able to more consistently and reliably process sounds compared with people who aren’t blind.
    — Woon Ju Park, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of arises
Verb
  • Deficient calcification sometimes occurs naturally, but biologists suspect vitamin D deficiency when teeth are regularly stratified by layers of hardened and soft dentin.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Nov. 2026
  • This release occurs on the side of Earth facing away from the Sun, roughly 28,000 to 40,000 miles (45,000 to 65,000 kilometers) from Earth.
    — Mark Moldwin, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of occurs
Verb
  • Her day job as a director of a local preschool means the agony and ecstasy of six figure bidding wars happens largely after Plant has clocked off.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Pablo, who has called Davie home for 15 years, says heavy flooding in his neighborhood happens every two to three years.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of happens
Verb
  • Voter turnout in this year’s election appears to be the best in a midterm in Miami-Dade in over 20 years.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Raven says the image appears roughly equivalent to a 16-inch screen that’s held at arm’s length, with more than 1,500 nits of brightness.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
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