outcrops
- present tense form of outcrop (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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A quick stroll upstream, a group of DJs unaffiliated with the family-friendly festival hosted a day party aimed at Gen Z and millennial attendees, perched on one of the channel’s outcrops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
A particular pressure point is a cluster of uninhabited outcrops Japan calls Senkaku and China calls Diaoyu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
"Elsewhere on Mars, rocks like these are probably some of the most important outcrops we've seen from orbit because they are just so hard to form," Horgan said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026
Ms Guo's case has gripped the nation as Manila and Beijing continue to spar over reefs and outcrops in the South China Sea.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
Grasses colonized the gullies, the thin soils deepened, and the rock outcrops disappeared under a fresh layer of sod.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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