appearing

verb

present participle of appear
1
as in showing
to come into view a police car appeared just as I ran a red light

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2
as in seeming
to give the impression of being it appears that he doesn't hear you

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3
as in starting
to come into existence the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately

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4
as in arriving
to get to a destination a friend who daily manages to appear at our door just as dinner is being served

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Recent Examples of appearing West Point implemented a rule in early 2025 that sought to bar civilian and military professors from publishing papers, speaking at conferences or appearing on podcasts without seeking approval from superiors. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026 Custom firmware packages The development scene around the FM-1 is exploding, and new options are appearing all the time. — ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026 Just last week, Peters pleaded not guilty to raping an underage girl after she was given alcohol while appearing on his livestream in 2025. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026 When the same problem keeps appearing with different employees, the issue might not be individual performance at all. — Raquel Gomes, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Why black holes resist splitting One major obstacle is entropy, a measure of how many microscopic arrangements a system can have while appearing the same from the outside. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 There’s Barack Obama on his first campaign swing of this election cycle, appearing with Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed last night. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 After starring alongside Zellweger and Tom Cruise in Cameron Crowe’s Jerry Maguire at age six, Lipnicki kept working as a child actor, appearing in movies like Stuart Little (1999), Like Mike (2002), and The Little Vampire (2000). — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2026 Among Torrey’s art collection, photographer Wolfgang Tillmans is a favorite, appearing both in his home and at his offices. — Gay Gassmann, Architectural Digest, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appearing
  1. showing
  2. seeming
  3. starting
  4. arriving
  5. unfolding
  6. looking
  7. beginning
  8. coming
Verb
  • Further down, The 7 covers a new poll showing Americans’ skepticism of AI.
    — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Another important step that was done here is showing that the syndrome data from one round only correlates with the data from the one immediately before and immediately after.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of showing
Verb
  • In this book, ordinary-seeming women unmask themselves as grotesquely evil witches.
    — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The simple-seeming request turned into an arduous task that would require scores of emails, multiple phone calls with Epic employees, a flight to Las Vegas, and a software update.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of seeming
Verb
  • Any function whose work can be pointed at a proper model of its underlying business, instead of at a general-purpose language model, is starting to compound the same way Anthropic’s engineering did a year ago.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Charged with home invasion at 16, he was sentenced to eight years in prison as an adult, starting his sentence at age 17.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of starting
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said Friday afternoon that all four Moscow airports -- Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky -- stopped flights arriving and departing for security reasons.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Mitsubishi Eclipse Sportback Mitsubishi is again capitalizing on the Eclipse name, this time with the 2027 Eclipse Sportback, an all-electric subcompact SUV arriving in 2026.
    — Matt Degen, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of arriving
Verb
  • Rooted in feminism and unfolding against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis, the works consider flesh and the human body with brutal honesty, viewing them as vessels for trauma, mortality, and political autonomy.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The campaign is unfolding as the city contends with myriad urban ailments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of unfolding
Verb
  • Ceramides support the skin barrier, while squalane and fatty acids help lock in moisture for a smoother, glowier-looking neck.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers found that some counterfeit devices even reported legitimate looking Samsung model identifiers.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of looking
Verb
  • For Poppens, who has spent more than a decade navigating the challenges of MS, the possibility of an incorrect diagnosis underscores the importance of getting answers before beginning long-term treatment.
    — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The Quebecois math rock duo will get right back on the road come March, beginning with their first-ever Australian stops.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of beginning
Verb
  • The flooding is just the latest from two months of on-and-off heavy rain caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The flooding is just the latest episode in two months of on-and-off heavy rain in the region caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.
    — Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of coming

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“Appearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appearing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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