Thesaurus results for SPRINGS (UP)

springs (up)

verb

Definition of springs (up)

present tense third-person singular of spring (up)

as in surfaces

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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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
The value appears when the team actually surfaces, tests and integrates what different people know.

— Samuel Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of surfaces

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This ghostly nature to phase through matter arises from the fact that neutrinos are completely chargeless, virtually massless, and race through the cosmos at near the speed of light, unimpeded.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Equality arises from self-interest Our study also found that although hunter-gatherers are frequently generous, the processes limiting inequality often do not require any generosity.

— Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of arises

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That’s often when clarity emerges and the next right step becomes obvious.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Writer-director Reed Van Dyk’s feature debut navigates tricky emotional waters but emerges as a trenchant examination of what forgiveness and penitence can look like, allowing no room for anything resembling a pat happy ending.

— Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerges

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The Technion team approached the problem by rethinking what happens on the other side of the electrolysis process.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
What happens next could impact thousands of residents, farmers, commercial interests and property owners.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

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