as in advent
the act of coming upon a scene
spring's late arrival meant we were still skiing in mid-April the groom blamed his belated arrival for the wedding on a huge traffic snarl
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Recent Examples of arrival
But James doesn’t frame it as an arrival.
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Datwon Thomas,
VIBE.com,
25 June 2026
The suit said paramedics from Falck Northern California arrived more than 15 minutes after the call for service and did not promptly provide medical care at their arrival.
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Kassia Bonesteel,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
El Niño's arrival could signal a busy summer and autumn storm season.
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Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The event had already been planned, paid for and scheduled before her son's early arrival.
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for arrival
Datwon Thomas,
VIBE.com,
25 June 2026
The suit said paramedics from Falck Northern California arrived more than 15 minutes after the call for service and did not promptly provide medical care at their arrival.
—
Kassia Bonesteel,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
El Niño's arrival could signal a busy summer and autumn storm season.
—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
The event had already been planned, paid for and scheduled before her son's early arrival.
—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for arrival
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrival
Noun
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And now, engineers have harnessed laser light to dramatically increase the amount of data that can be beamed down from space, a technology all the more urgent due to the advent of orbital data centers.
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The immortalisation of the World Cup’s greatest side The Brazil team that won the World Cup in 1970 is widely considered the best in international history, with the side immortalised by a glorious style of play, the advent of colour television and their blazing yellow shirts.
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Anytime a politician is commanding money, regardless of the purpose, there is at least the appearance that the giver — Meta, Google, Blue Shield for example — may expect something in return.
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Uruguay, a traditional South American competitor that entered the World Cup ranked in the international top 20, would be the heavy favorite over Cape Verde, an African island nation with fewer than half a million citizens that was also making its first-ever appearance in the World Cup.
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Playing Mary Bennet — Elizabeth’s younger and more timid sister — Bruccoleri set out to portray the coming of age story of a Regency woman.
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But when the ground shakes, the lights flicker and the dancers feel the coming of Old Deuteronomy, Buteau and Peppermint are escorted offstage to spend the rest of the show snapping their fans as audience members.
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“Arrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrival. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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