SURFACING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

surfacing

verb

Definition of surfacing

present participle of surface

as in emerging

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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Relevance

as in rising

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 surfacing For decades, the seabirds have pecked at whales surfacing to breathe, gorging on their skin and blubber. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 By adapting delivery routes as climate and conflict conditions change, the tool could cut cost per child by 25% while surfacing 10 to 20% more children. — Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Those are the three patterns surfacing across recent coverage from interior designers and professional organizers. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 One of them is Jenesis Laforcarde, founder of The Jenesis House, a wellness space that kept surfacing in my research. — Stefanie Benjamin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026 But their unrest is surfacing as stubbornly high gas prices leave voters in a cash crunch back home. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 The organization has invested seriously, more signals and patterns are surfacing and yet the quality of decisions being made around all that information hasn’t really kept pace with the volume of it. — Dhiraj Adya, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026 That balance of function and polish is a big part of why the shape keeps surfacing across categories rather than staying tied to one designer, one brand or one price point. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026 There’s so many new ideas surfacing constantly that my head spins. — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for surfacing

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Both those historic actions happened as part of the Biden administration's focus on anti-money laundering and efforts to promote compliance with the then-emerging virtual currency industry.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
This latest round of funding supports an exciting range of projects from emerging creatives forging new paths to established voices exploring new creative territory.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerging

Verb

Noah Seelam | Afp | Getty Images Fund outflows and a rising energy bill are expected to keep putting pressure on India's rupee, even as the central bank works to slow depreciation.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
John Fogerty, rising singer-songwriter Emma Ogier, and others are slated to open on select dates.

— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of rising

Verb

Until then, omitting leap seconds will make our digital infrastructure easier to manage and less prone to bugs or service outages arising from a leap second discontinuity.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
The change won’t be noticed by most of us, and switching to continuous time will be easier for our digital infrastructure—there will be much less risk of bugs or service outages arising from a leap second discontinuity.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of arising

Verb

Although smoking remains the leading cause of lung cancer, Sepesi said other risk factors include secondhand smoke and exposure to radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can accumulate inside homes.

— Tori Mason, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
At the same time, this super El Niño is occurring in a world in which the oceans are already record warm, adding heat on top of heat.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of occurring

Verb

But while fans wait to see what happens, Davies, despite no longer being involved in the show, assured that a new series was definitely happening and there wouldn’t be too long to wait.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
There’s plenty of other awful things happening in the episode, almost all of them revolving around Sai.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of happening

Verb

But on the television broadcast that aired on Saturday, Antonia’s T-shirt had been censored, appearing to be all white.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
In the following months, Ahmed started appearing in the press as a sophisticated hacker and activist whose robot would save countless lives.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of appearing

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