surfacing

[sur-fuh-sing]

noun

1. the action or process of giving a finished surface to something.

2. the material with which something is surfaced.

3. the act or an instance of rising to the surface of a body of water.

Word History and Origins

Origin of surfacing¹

First recorded in 1855–60; surface + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

“Same spot as yesterday,” said Mark Zurales in a video posted on Facebook, showing a boat on the water and a circle of white bubbles surfacing beside it.

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Reports began surfacing on Wednesday that the US and Russia had prepared a new peace plan, containing major concessions from Ukraine.

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Soon, the bear family moved again—this time to upscale Encino just over the mountain, where they sparked a media circus after surfacing behind the tennis courts of a mansion in late October.

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But when it comes to embarking on that journey, there are also a lot of tricky questions surfacing already, including the idea of which executive roles inside the company actually own the generative AI strategy.

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Term-level shifts in credit deals are a leading indicator of fear, often surfacing before defaults appear in public data.

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