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emerge

[ih-murj] / ɪˈmɜrdʒ /


Usage

What are other ways to say emerge? The verb emerge is used of coming forth from a place shut off from view, or from concealment, or the like, into sight and notice: The sun emerges from behind the clouds. Emanate is used of intangible things, as light or ideas, spreading from a source: Rumors often emanate from irresponsible persons. Issue is often used of a number of persons, a mass of matter, or a volume of smoke, sound, or the like, coming forth through any outlet or outlets: The crowd issued from the building.

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While the economic impact of AI has yet to fully emerge, Musk has already surpassed the richest Americans in history in terms of his relative share of gross domestic output.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The sharp pain of the wound may heal, but the scar remains—and we must all find a way that the broken heart can both feel the truth of its brokenness and emerge enlarged and reshaped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

And amid the doomsaying, streaks of contrarian optimism are starting to emerge.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Is the answer already in front of us - or could it be someone yet to even emerge?

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Nhamo saw a woman in a print dress and white apron emerge from a room at the back of the house.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

As the "wicker husband", he emerges as a strapping, dashing life-size piece of furniture.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

El Niño typically emerges every two to seven years, and the warming of ocean waters is coupled with changing conditions in the atmosphere, sparking changes in weather across the globe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

It’s important that party elders call out bigotry wherever it emerges, including within their ranks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The detectors can also be ineffective as a new crop of AI "humanizing" tools emerges that rewrite AI-generated text to make it appear more human-like, researchers warn.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

An old woman emerges from a shack behind the cantina, buttoning up a torn housedress.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

That goal has emerged in the form of Muse, which Zuckerberg said at a conference last month is the “centerpiece” of what the company is building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The personal stakes couldn’t be more profound, which emerged again at Mastodon’s two-hour performance at the Hollywood Palladium on Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Last month it emerged that a rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards during training and hacked an Australian government health statistics website.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

His first stop was six laps before Leclerc's and when the Monegasque emerged back on to the track, Hamilton was right behind him and was initially faster.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

When she finally emerged, she was lugging a heavy woolen cloak.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Its success propelled the L.A. group from an emerging heavy rock act into an international headliner capable of filling stadiums.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The renewal is the latest in a series of contract extensions at Chelsea designed to reward established and emerging players while maintaining the club's wage structure.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

B cells and natural killer cells are less thoroughly studied in wound healing, but emerging evidence suggests that both make meaningful contributions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Write to Dollar Signs, MarketWatch’s advice column for younger and emerging investors, at [email protected].

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The four bases protruded out from the backbone, like leaves emerging out of the tendril of ivy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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