SURFACED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

surfaced

verb

past tense of surface

as in emerged

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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as in rose

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 surfaced In 2015, she was suspended for a week after a video surfaced of her yelling at and belittling a towing company employee. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The clips of the event that surfaced show male dancers in cowboy hats dancing and stripping on stage, reports the Daily Mail. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 In September, reports surfaced that the world's leading maker of high-bandwidth memory, SK Hynix, could team up with Intel in Ohio to lease some foundry space to make memory chips at the new site. — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 The trailer begins with Pegg, who plays serial killer anesthetist Jason Nash, peering at a screen as a Channel 4 news story reports that the new identity of his former girlfriend and accomplice, a nurse named Alice Bell, has surfaced online. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026 But allegations about his treatment of children had surfaced years earlier. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 The online ad, which first surfaced in a post by an Ohio political blogger, spread quickly across social media platforms. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 However, the auction house pulled the painting from the sale after a lien dispute surfaced. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Real-time product information is easily surfaced as a result, and this includes availability and pricing. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

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From this spirited competition emerged two progenitors of modern horror, science fiction, and fantasy.

— Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2026
Speaking to The Telegraph, Park said Freeman had emerged as the clear favorite for the role.

— Sadie Andrew, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerged

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When the opportunity arose to become the head coach at Southern, Faulk didn’t hesitate even though he already had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Early warning signs arose in February 2023, when SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell confirmed reports that Musk’s company was taking steps to block Ukraine’s military from using Starlink with drones.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of arose

Verb

Anderson said the man appeared to have died of natural causes and that no foul play was suspected.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Nigeria's Health Minister Muhammad Pate said Friday that the woman's infection appeared closely related to Kenya's first case, while cautioning that this did not necessarily establish the transmission route.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of appeared

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If a split occurred, the black hole’s horizon — the boundary beyond which light cannot escape — would divide into two separate horizons.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
The five killings occurred within a 25-hour period, and the crime scenes range from southwest Charlotte to northeast Charlotte, CMPD said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of occurred

Verb

That, however, never happened and an attorney eventually petitioned for his release.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
His death happened two weeks after his release tour for High, Lonesome and Then Some was canceled following Snider’s involvement in a still-unclear incident in Salt Lake City that landed him in a hospital and in jail.

— Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026

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