surfacing

Definition of surfacingnext
present participle of surface
1
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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2
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 One of them is Jenesis Laforcarde, founder of The Jenesis House, a wellness space that kept surfacing in my research. — Stefanie Benjamin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026 But their unrest is surfacing as stubbornly high gas prices leave voters in a cash crunch back home. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 What’s Happening Infrared sauna blankets, the portable plug-in wraps that heat the body from the outside, are surfacing across wellness influencer feeds as an at-home alternative to traditional saunas. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026 The organization has invested seriously, more signals and patterns are surfacing and yet the quality of decisions being made around all that information hasn’t really kept pace with the volume of it. — Dhiraj Adya, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026 That balance of function and polish is a big part of why the shape keeps surfacing across categories rather than staying tied to one designer, one brand or one price point. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026 That’s despite fears of the tax surfacing among billionaires in late 2025. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 There’s so many new ideas surfacing constantly that my head spins. — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 However, with Knicks fandom at an all-time high, reports are surfacing that Jordan Brand will be making the most of the buzz by bringing back the City Series style for the first time ever. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfacing
Verb
  • Both came away with a close-up view of the challenges facing emerging labels.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • For two decades, IDFA’s new media program DocLab has explored how emerging technologies and new forms of interaction can expand what documentary can be and how audiences experience it.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • If voters support it, the plan would cost Florida’s local governments about $31 million in the first year, rising to $32 million and then $34 million in the two years after.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Whether the next Resmed Global Sleep Survey shows the 39% partner-disruption figure rising or falling.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The demands for transparency, and the online speculation arising from this trickle of information, put McIlrath in a bind.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The agreement requires Haiti to pay Stone’s legal fees if he is drawn into any investigation or audit arising from the work, the advocacy group notes.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Scientists also think that quantum black holes could emerge from the trillions of proton collisions occurring in the LHC.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Rather than filtering contaminants out and concentrating them into waste, this method uses ozone gas and naturally occurring microbes to break contaminants down instead of just isolating them.
    — Piper Heath, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
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  • But Grace suspected the predictive software was missing something crucial happening inside the drop.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The designs were different, but something important was happening in both.
    — Samuel Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
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  • Frequently appearing obvious cases such as the USSR have been left in roman.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Lingerie became an integral part of everyday dressing, with bras worn as tops and slipdresses appearing across the collections.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Surfacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surfacing. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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