OUTCROP Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

outcrop

verb

Definition of outcrop

as in to surface

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Recent Examples of outcrop The previously oldest rock formation was the Acasta Gneiss, outcropping in the Slave Craton of the Canadian Northwest Territories. — David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 The granite outcropping that so enchanted Brown and Weisgard is called Pole Island. — Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024 The permit area contains two outcropping porphyry targets (Ricardo Herrera and Sortilegio) and one zone with signatures of both porphyry-epithermal and skarn mineralization (Vista Alegre). — Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024 Five friends traveled from Florida to be on a rock outcropping to witness the celestial event. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for outcrop

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Ice Plex, Escondido’s former single-sheet ice sports facility on North Tulip Street, has also come up since Escondido Ice plans surfaced.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026
The report assumes that similar gangs are operating on the same scale everywhere—even in places where no such activity has ever surfaced.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026

Definition of surface

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Sellers is looking for a bounce-back year after breaking out in late 2024 but struggling last season.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 24 July 2026
The landscape shifted when a genius of attention-capture broke out of reality television and into a different type of celebrity.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

Definition of break out

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As tensions rise with the Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento City Unified is pressing ahead with a new fiscal sustainability plan aimed at avoiding insolvency and preserving local control.

— Chaewon Chung July 30, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Ajanel is now a rising junior at Dalton State College pursuing a career in nursing.

— Nila Roper, AJC.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of rise

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Moreover, with new and different form factors emerging, consumers have even more choices, ranging from rings and bracelets to glasses and watches.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
When Mike Tomlin resigned last winter, leaving the Steelers searching for a coach for the first time in almost two decades, McCarthy emerged as a contender.

— Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 27 July 2026

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