Other Word Forms
- nonemergence noun
- reemergence noun
Etymology
Origin of emergence
First recorded in 1640–50; from French, from Medieval Latin; emergency
Example Sentences
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The emergence of Sora had roiled Hollywood, particularly as AI and compensation for actors’ likeness and voice became a central issue in the 2023 strike.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
GPS—short for Global Positioning System—has long had dead spots, but its reliability has been further eroded by the emergence of cheap handheld devices that can drown out the satellite signals upon which it relies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Scientists often use the emergence of P. eugubina as an indicator that ecosystems were beginning to recover after the extinction.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
Private credit funds have made large amounts of loans to the tech sector in general, and software companies in particular, that are suddenly being viewed as potentially vulnerable thanks to the emergence of artificial intelligence.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
An immediate consequence, therefore, which is the subject of Chapter 4, was a radical transformation in the understanding of how the Earth is constructed: the emergence of the concept of the terraqueous globe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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