1
: immediately due in sequence or development
in the coming year
2
: gaining importance
the coming trend
Examples of coming in a Sentence
Noun
the coming of the children meant we could finally get the party started
Adjective
The company has many plans for the coming year.
An official announcement will be made in the coming days.
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Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
As a new trailer shared exclusively with PEOPLE shows, the page-to-screen adaptation captures young Alysia’s coming of age in San Francisco with her father’s bohemian friends in the 1970s and ’80s.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Jeff Cox, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
Iran is due to meet European countries for nuclear talks in coming days, but both the United States and Israel have not ruled out the possibility of further military action.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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Noun
Swift announced the coming of her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, on Tuesday.
—Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
As a new trailer shared exclusively with PEOPLE shows, the page-to-screen adaptation captures young Alysia’s coming of age in San Francisco with her father’s bohemian friends in the 1970s and ’80s.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
While neither report showed significant obvious impacts, many economists believe the import duties President Donald Trump has imposed are slowly making their way into the data and will show up in coming months.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
Iran is due to meet European countries for nuclear talks in coming days, but both the United States and Israel have not ruled out the possibility of further military action.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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“Coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coming. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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