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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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
This quad of superheroes has been protecting New York City and the globe from threats for years, until one day a new threat rears its ugly head in the form of the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner) who heralds the coming of Galactus (Ralph Ineson), a celestial entity known to devour planets.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 July 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
Sony Pictures Television have extended the options on several key cast members of its upcoming Netflix comedic coming-of-age drama Boots, Deadline has learned.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
This quad of superheroes has been protecting New York City and the globe from threats for years, until one day a new threat rears its ugly head in the form of the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner) who heralds the coming of Galactus (Ralph Ineson), a celestial entity known to devour planets.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 July 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 2 Sep. 2025.
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