SURFACING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

surfacing

verb

Definition of surfacing

present participle of surface

as in emerging

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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Relevance

as in rising

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 surfacing Leading commercial intelligence platforms have moved well beyond post-campaign reporting, surfacing engagement signals in real time. — Kamya Elawadhi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Wahl and his crew were returning from a Fourth of July security detail on Saturday when a surfacing whale, believed to be a humpback whale, struck their rescue boat off the coast of New Jersey. — ABC News, 7 July 2026 In practice, that means AI is running the numbers, populating forms, surfacing options, and even suggesting installation dates. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 July 2026 Similar gatherings are now appearing across Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru, while versions of the format have begun surfacing overseas in countries including Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 4 July 2026 Modern digital surfacing and precise calibration have come to greatly enhance prescriptions. — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Are those the kind of big moves that will be necessary to keep this Werenski story from surfacing one year from now? — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 2 July 2026 Several colorways of the Virginia Watermoc began surfacing at Paris Fashion Week Men’s just before Pharrell and Adidas Originals brought the style to Marseille, France on Sunday with an all-day and night beach takeover at Boa Vista Beach Club. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 June 2026 The plane crashed into the 109-story CITIC Tower in China's capital city on Friday, June 26, sending members of the public fleeing as debris rained down from the sky, as seen in videos surfacing online. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026

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Certain derivatives, commodities, emerging-market securities, and other investments are also subject to tax or market rules that limit in-kind transfers.

— Debbie Carlson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
Indonesia and India are member states of the Group of 20 major developing countries and emerging economies and BRICS.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026

Definition of emerging

Verb

And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Practices are seeing rising amputations, and hospitalizations are surging.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026

Definition of rising

Verb

For leadership teams worldwide, this requires striking a careful balance between responding to immediate disruption and seizing arising opportunities to bolster growth.

— Anna Marks, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
The painting has undergone extensive restoration, removing overpainting by other hands and revealing imagery that, experts say, may have articulated a message of religious tolerance in a moment of social tensions arising partly from a refugee crisis.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of arising

Verb

Similarly, officials with the public health department will look for clusters of cases that may indicate transmission occurring in California.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026

Definition of occurring

Verb

Long-running pop-up event Fork N’ Film leans more dinner and movie, pairing dishes directly inspired by what is happening on screen.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
An early sign that this is happening is the phenomenon of companies putting caps and limits on how much their employees can spend on AI tokens, the basic cost-unit of AI.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 July 2026

Definition of happening

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