outcropping

present participle of outcrop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcropping
Verb
  • How the raises happened The 2023 salary vote drew scrutiny to the Coral Gables City Commission and sowed further division between the two emerging factions of commissioners.
    Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Viewers emerging from the work-at-home era may recognize themselves.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • With prices still rising after the Covid-19 pandemic caused inflation to spike, shoppers at high and low income level are flocking to stores providing the best prices on commodities.
    Peter Cohan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The Consumer Pulse report showed that 51 percent of shoppers are anxious about the rising cost of living driven by higher energy and housing costs in the winter months.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Videos showing green flames erupting from a manhole cover following an explosion at Texas Tech University have drawn wide attention online.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Bursts of energy erupting from the Sun, like solar flares, can generate shocks in the solar wind current, leading to higher risks for geomagnetic storms.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Operators are used in quantum physics to perform transformations on quantum states arising through changes in physical factors.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The filing also addresses the company's reliance on external management and potential conflicts of interest arising from its relationship with Blackstone and its affiliates.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • For example, humpback whale songs increased dramatically over the study period, with detections occurring 34% of days at the beginning to 76% by the end.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
  • This article has been amended to say the protests are occurring on March 14.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Weather experts have predicted heavy tornado activity and storm winds across several states, issuing warnings to residents over the weekend.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
  • First, there was a not-quite announcement, through a source quoted in The Times, that the Palace would no longer be issuing details on the Princess of Wales’s outfits.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • As recent Treasury price action shows, the real power shifts may be happening while America sleeps.
    Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • But what’s happening now has nothing to do with efficiency.
    Dr. Ardem Patapoutian, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Outcropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcropping. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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