emerges

verb

present tense third-person singular of emerge
as in arises
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool

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Recent Examples of emerges They’re led by Laura Berens, a CEO and entrepreneur, who emerges as the finest leader of the experiment with her firm-but-fair methods. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026 Tantalizing opportunities may be found in copper-oxide ceramics known as cuprates, but achieving them requires first understanding how the superconducting phenomenon emerges at relatively warm temperatures. — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026 Each episode shifts the perspective, which every switch reframing the truth ahead of the finale, where the full picture finally emerges. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 Even Seyfried, who emerges in the doc’s second half as the voice of the people and the project’s most valuable performer, struggles to defend the show after watching Holmes watch it. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026 Ukraine re-emerges as central flashpoint Russia and Ukraine returned as a central focus of the week's meetings as tensions flared. — Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 The report’s authors said a common denominator emerges across all stakeholder groups. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 Prince Harry risks 'lobbing a grenade' at Prince William as chance to heal years-long feud emerges. — FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 The onscreen friction with Evans, who emerges as something of a villain, was also real. — Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emerges
  1. arises
  2. surfaces
  3. appears
  4. happens
  5. occurs
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  • The question arises because the wicker fellow is, in spite of his earthy origin, downright Olympian in the sack.
    — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Schrodinger’s manuscript also solves the problem that arises after the first measurement, where the distribution changes.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of arises
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • No record of Gutierrez’s arrest appears in an online database maintained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees county jails, suggesting that he may have been booked in the LAPD’s detention facilities.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Maybe someone changes the terms, a cost shifts, or a new option appears.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of appears
Verb
  • For the technology leader responsible for keeping essential services running, these details provide a basis for assessing what protections exist and what happens in an extreme scenario.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The conversational layer may be what a borrower sees, but the difficult work happens deeper in the stack, where documents, rules, calculations, decisions, and transaction states have to remain connected.
    — Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of happens
Verb
  • However, its point of greatest eclipse occurs just a few miles from Thebes, the magnificent religious and political capital of ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Consequently, even if a down cycle occurs, it is not expected to show the same sharp decline seen in the past.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of occurs

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