sprung (up)

verb

Definition of sprung (up)next
past participle of spring (up)
as in arisen
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprung (up)
  1. arisen
  2. occurred
  3. come up
  4. happened
  5. emerged
Verb
  • Advertisement Those situations have arisen plenty in these first four games and, while the Dodgers have indeed showed up big, the Mets have shrunk.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The traditional banks and credit unions are still the main options, and an entire industry of non-bank financial technology (fintech) providers has arisen.
    Gene A. Grant II, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of arisen
Verb
  • His most recent flare occurred this summer.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The team was able to put together the subsequent geological processes that occurred after the massive collision.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of occurred
Verb
  • Gino Filippone was at a dinner with seasoned real-estate brokers this spring when the obvious topic came up: the NAR settlement.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The larger cities in the Bay Area, while mostly coming up in the middle of the pack, did make improvements from last year.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of come up
Verb
  • The incident happened Wednesday on a flight from Miami to Charlotte, North Carolina.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement What happened in court?
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of happened
Verb
  • The magazine emerged from a group Logue started in 1988.
    Elyssa Goodman, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The record emerged from a period in which false narratives constantly swirled around the band.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of emerged
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