Thesaurus results for SPRINGING (UP)

springing (up)

verb

Definition of springing (up)

present participle of spring (up)

as in arising

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board

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The Manhattan Federal Court action filed by the British former socialite in December argued that new information arising in related lawsuits and the government’s trove of investigative files on Epstein proved her imprisonment was unlawful.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
Criticizing the problems of inflation and issues arising from the war is not consistent with the slogans of some.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of arising

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The earnings announcement was fortuitously timed, coming just as reports were surfacing of high-level OpenAI employees joining the company.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The internal documents and testimony surfacing in Oakland, including evidence about Meta’s own research on young users and its lawyers’ handling of those findings, will now remain only partially visible.

— Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of surfacing

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The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), the market of the Busan International Film Festival, will present InnoAsia 2026, its program built around the intersection of film and emerging technology.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
InnoAsia aims to connect storytelling with emerging technologies, including AI and the rapidly growing microdrama ecosystem.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of emerging

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When those things do start happening, the scares are every bit as effective as the buildup promises.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Yeah, just continue and figure out elegant ways to catch up with everyone, like catch up with what’s been happening in the last year.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

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