surfacing

[sur-fuh-sing] / ˈsɜr fə sɪŋ /

VERB

come to the top of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appear arise come up crop up emerge flare up materialize

STRONG

rise transpire

WEAK

come to light

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disappear

WEAK

dive drop fall sink submerge

Example Sentences

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Both produced a global sense of unsettlement at such unruly, obscene surfacings.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2019

We live in an age of untimely surfacings.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2019

My wish was to answer Ghosh’s call for writing that might actively “unconceal” the traces of our fast-altering world: its untimely surfacings, its entombments, its visions of both darkness and light.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2019

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