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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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
It was founded in 1892 with the coming of the railroad.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
The coming decade will bring a true bounty of Hollywood Golden Age films into the public domain.
—Andrew Dalton, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026
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Noun
First of all, from a character point of view, there was so much left to explore with him in terms of his growth as a character and his coming of age, but also the show really began with Will.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
It was founded in 1892 with the coming of the railroad.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Dec. 2025
Adjective
In a LinkedIn post, Brett Adcock, CEO of the US robotics company Figure, has outlined key developments expected in the coming years.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026
The coming decade will bring a true bounty of Hollywood Golden Age films into the public domain.
—Andrew Dalton, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coming. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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