Thesaurus results for SPRINGING (UP)

springing (up)

verb

Definition of springing (up)

present participle of spring (up)

as in arising

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board

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California’s Labor Commissioner handles retaliation complaints arising under laws within its jurisdiction.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
And bond volatility surged this month, raising concerns about dislocations arising in markets.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of arising

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For decades, the seabirds have pecked at whales surfacing to breathe, gorging on their skin and blubber.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
By adapting delivery routes as climate and conflict conditions change, the tool could cut cost per child by 25% while surfacing 10 to 20% more children.

— Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of surfacing

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While cases have slowed in Ituri province, the epicenter, the outbreak is spreading in emerging hot spots in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Bellingham has followed a similar trajectory off the pitch, emerging as one of the sport’s most marketable young stars.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerging

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But the show already had a natural stopping point coming up that would be appropriate, storytelling-wise.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
About 20 feet behind Belfie's fence, a CBS News Philadelphia drone captured where the water is coming up from the ground.

— Liz Crawford, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

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