outcropping

verb

Definition of outcroppingnext
present participle of outcrop
as in emerging

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcropping
  1. emerging
  2. rising
  3. surfacing
  4. erupting
  5. blossoming
  6. arising
  7. occurring
  8. breaking out
Verb
  • For budget-conscious attendees, new opportunities are emerging.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Moffett doesn’t see any obvious M&A deals emerging from the separation of Comcast and NBCU.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 June 2026
Definition of emerging
Verb
  • And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • Practices are seeing rising amputations, and hospitalizations are surging.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Definition of rising
Verb
  • Modern digital surfacing and precise calibration have come to greatly enhance prescriptions.
    — K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Are those the kind of big moves that will be necessary to keep this Werenski story from surfacing one year from now?
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of surfacing
Verb
  • Across the United States, the sky will be erupting with fireworks on July 4, 2026, and the days around it as America celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence.
    — Lauren Lowman, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
  • The 6-foot-2, 185-pounder has shot up draft boards after notching 84 points (29 goals and 55 assists) in 67 games for OHL Brantford, then erupting for another 26 (13 goals and 13 assists) in 15 playoff games.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 19 June 2026
Definition of erupting
Verb
  • From the beginning, Mildred Pierce vowed that her daughter Veda would have all the things this newly blossoming postwar suburban paradise could offer.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • The risk from Anaheim’s side is that McTavish ends up blossoming into a true 2C.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 27 June 2026
Definition of blossoming
Verb
  • For leadership teams worldwide, this requires striking a careful balance between responding to immediate disruption and seizing arising opportunities to bolster growth.
    — Anna Marks, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The painting has undergone extensive restoration, removing overpainting by other hands and revealing imagery that, experts say, may have articulated a message of religious tolerance in a moment of social tensions arising partly from a refugee crisis.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of arising
Verb
  • But meetings as close as this one are quite rare, occurring on average once about every 40 years.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • These contain a naturally occurring bacteria called Bacillus thuringiensis israeliensis (Bti), says Markowski.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
Definition of occurring
Verb
  • Frustration is boiling over, and fights are breaking out between people struggling to buy rationed supplies of gasoline.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • Toph escapes the clutches of her mother — who poisoned and kidnapped her — by revealing her earthbending powers, breaking out of the metal cage to rejoin Team Avatar.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of breaking out
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“Outcropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcropping. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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