spring (up)

verb

Definition of spring (up)next
as in to surface
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spring (up)
  1. surface
  2. arise
  3. emerge
  4. happen
Verb
  • His name had repeatedly surfaced as a potential prime minister in the past, but he was passed over.
    Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Yields of zero remain a long way off but talk of that possibility has surfaced, showing how dramatically things have changed in China’s bond market.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of surface
Verb
  • Following the shootings, questions have arisen over whether female mass shooters are on the rise.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • This can pave the way for slower deliveries and fractured relationships when any form of inefficiency arises.
    Dmytro Spilka, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of arise
Verb
  • In the wake of rebel advances, video emerged showing the toppling of a monument to Assad in Tartus, on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, where Moscow has kept a naval base since the Cold War.
    Nathan Hodge, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The coal supply chain is hundreds of years old, the biofuels chain is just emerging.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of emerge
Verb
  • The fact that Neanderthals and early humans interbred has been known since the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced in 2010, but these studies suggest the interactions happened more recently than scientists once thought.
    Justin Klawans, The Week US, theweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • And then also be assertive about, Hey, this is how change can happen.
    James Factora, Them, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of happen
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