comings and goings
noun
: the activity of people arriving at and leaving a place
He sat in the café watching the comings and goings of the customers.
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Absent Karen’s presence to hold the fire, however, all eyes are laser-focused on the comings and goings of Stacey Rusch, who is raked through the coals on her reunion debut.
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Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Confirming travelers’ identities and their comings and goings digitally removes the need to physically stamp passports.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Employed at a hotel in the colony’s most bustling city, Cap-Français (later Cap-Haïtien), young Christophe witnessed the constant comings and goings of the slave ships that by 1791 had transported more than 1.3 million Africans from the continent to toil in soul-crushing conditions.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
But he is mentioned many, many times as a pair of LeBron fanatics – Clevelanders, like playwright Rajiv Joseph – build a deep friendship around LeBron and what his comings and goings mean them and to the community around them.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
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Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Confirming travelers’ identities and their comings and goings digitally removes the need to physically stamp passports.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Employed at a hotel in the colony’s most bustling city, Cap-Français (later Cap-Haïtien), young Christophe witnessed the constant comings and goings of the slave ships that by 1791 had transported more than 1.3 million Africans from the continent to toil in soul-crushing conditions.
—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
But he is mentioned many, many times as a pair of LeBron fanatics – Clevelanders, like playwright Rajiv Joseph – build a deep friendship around LeBron and what his comings and goings mean them and to the community around them.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for comings and goings
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“Comings and goings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comings%20and%20goings. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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