emerging

[ih-mur-jing]

adjective

1. emergent.

   emerging nations.

Other Word Forms

• unemerging adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of emerging¹

First recorded in 1640–50; emerge + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The league, as leagues do, will maintain this is still an emerging business that cannot approach the finances of the NBA and its brethren.

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In today’s fast-evolving healthcare landscape, AI and other new technologies and services are emerging to help patients find and act on medical information.

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Its participation fee is orders of magnitude less than other fairs, making it a particularly attractive proposition for participants: small galleries showing emerging artists.

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Written amid the emerging Nazi threat to Europe, Dennis Wheatley’s novel captures 1930s British anxiety in the face of uncertainty that seems to come from hell itself.

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Roske arrived shortly after 1 a.m. on the morning of June 8, emerging from the taxi wearing dark clothes, with a suitcase and backpack.

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