How to Use emergence in a Sentence

emergence

noun
  • But the emergence of the run game was the bigger key to the rally.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • With the arrival of spring comes the emergence of new badgers in the state.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2023
  • With the emergence of Madonna, Prince, and George Michael, the cross took a new shape.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 3 June 2022
  • The emergence of Hiedeman has been huge for the Sun this season.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Constant spread of a virus is what can lead to the emergence of variants.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 30 Dec. 2022
  • But the emergence of the #MeToo movement spelled doom for Judge Persky.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Some of them compared AI’s emergence to that of the atomic bomb.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
  • That may be due to the emergence of earthworms around this time of year, as the weather warms up and spring nears.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 11 Mar. 2025
  • And the next double emergence of these two broods won't happen again for a while.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • One of the highs Monday for UConn was the emergence of Bueckers, looking like her old self in the late stages of the game.
    — Lori Riley, courant.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • One of the stranger consequences has been the early emergence of ticks.
    — Steve Karnowski, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Still, the emergence of even a soft target date was notable.
    — Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 18 July 2022
  • Still, the emergence of even a soft target date was notable.
    — Sheryl Gay Stolberg, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
  • But most are aware of the rap — which is why the emergence of Bruce Lee and his iconic films in the 1970s electrified them.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Brenden Rice’s emergence in the passing game has been huge for the Trojans.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • This emergence was stopped by a group called the Eternals, but portions of Tiamut's head and hand were able to rise from the ocean.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The dry-up has resulted in a decrease in the lake's shoreline and with it the emergence of relics that were lying on the lake's floor.
    — John Kapetaneas, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In a statement at the time, Mr. Biden called on China to be more transparent about what had led to the emergence of the virus there in late 2019.
    — Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Perhaps the most encouraging sign from the receivers has been the emergence of the players on the bottom of the depth chart.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Biden’s narrow win in Georgia in 2020 was seen as a sign of the state’s emergence as a battleground.
    — Anjali Huynh, New York Times, 23 May 2024
  • Here's a look at the data Phoenix weather radar caught a major bat emergence.
    — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2024
  • The 1960s also saw civil rights movements and the emergence of public rights law.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The quote was a small part of a long-form article on Anderson’s emergence as a star.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2022
  • From user trongzoon: Is the main difference between this strike and the one from 2007 the emergence of A.I. in the writing process?
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 May 2023
  • This is not the first paper to suggest that mice played a role in fostering the emergence of Omicron.
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The recent emergence of Sam Hauser, as well as the inspired play of Derrick White, have bolstered the bench.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Elliott: Easy to feel better about them with Nacua’s emergence.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Ingram's role changed with the emergence of other backs at Texas, leading him to transfer to USC.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2022
  • At first glance this practice may not seem connected to the emergence of avian influenza.
    — Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The emergence will be triggered once the soil temperature about 6 inches below ground reaches 64 degrees -- typically about mid-May to late June, depending on the region, Gangloff-Kaufmann said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2025

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