emergence
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The Chinese navy’s rise has been powered by the country’s rapid emergence as a colossus in shipbuilding and as the biggest sea-trading nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Its sudden, historic emergence as one of the world’s top maritime powers is challenging the U.S. on a scale it hasn’t faced since World War II.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Their findings suggest that northern Africa and the Middle East may have played a central role in the emergence of the evolutionary lineage that eventually gave rise to all living apes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
"There's this emergence of a generation of Black photographers within their own communities...seeing photography as this means of self-determination and self-expression," Waggoner said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
The emergence of each new system of control may seem sudden, but history shows that the seeds are planted long before each new institution begins to grow.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies said it was "a landmark step forward for Wales" with the climate and nature emergences "intensifying around us".
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Every time periodical cicadas arrive in the United States, they bring a sense of wonder with them — their long intervals underground and their perfectly timed mass emergences are fascinating, even to experts.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024
Yet, the 2024 emergences are not being overhyped, say scientists.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2024
But scientists are warning that early cicada emergences could become more frequent as climate change ushers in earlier springs and longer periods of warmth.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 5, 2023
Sometimes they came up for brief emergences, for gasping seconds in the sunshine on the surface, and then were under again, dragged under by him, rolled and tumbled under by the curling breakers.
From On the Makaloa Mat by Jack London
Vocabulary lists containing emergence
Evolutionary Biology - Adaptation
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Content Summary 4.7: Early Modern Western Society and Culture
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Content Summary 1.3: Origins of Complex Urban Societies in the Ancient World
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