in·com·ing
ˈin-ˌkə-miŋ 
1
: taking a new place or position especially as part of a succession
the incoming president
2
: just starting or beginning
the incoming year
3
: coming in : arriving
an incoming ship
incoming mail
1
: the act of coming in : arrival
2
: income sense 1
—usually used in plural
Examples of incoming in a Sentence
Adjective
All incoming phone calls are monitored for quality control.
Noun
the endless succession of incomings had us wondering how we would ever find room for everyone
the company's incomings from its brick-and-mortar stores, online sales, and website advertising
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
On December 23, the records show an incoming wire transfer from Rodrick Ventura, Cassie Ventura’s father, for $20,000, and on December 27, Combs’ account returned the $20,000.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
James Pearce, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Trump, who has made this his weekly Waterloo, has stood by Cabinet officials far longer with far less threatening incoming.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The user opens the native Facebook or Instagram app, which eventually is sent to the background and creates a background service to listen for incoming traffic on a TCP port (12387 or 12388) and a UDP port (the first unoccupied port in 12580–12585).
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
On December 23, the records show an incoming wire transfer from Rodrick Ventura, Cassie Ventura’s father, for $20,000, and on December 27, Combs’ account returned the $20,000.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Noun
Liverpool only have one non-homegrown spot free, but potential sales of the likes of Darwin Nunez could open up spots for other incomings without restricting targets to only being homegrown.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Trump, who has made this his weekly Waterloo, has stood by Cabinet officials far longer with far less threatening incoming.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Incoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incoming. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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