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
Upon arrival, the world is your oyster.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026
Of course, the arrival of a gay son, working as a fashion designer, who upends family and village traditions once the news leaks among the villagers, leads to tensions and is being used by a tribal elder to try and push Ngwato’s dad, Lesiba, out of his leadership role.
—Thinus Ferreira, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Adjustments are needed to ensure on-time bus arrivals and to reduce delays, VonSchnase said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Condors vanished from the state’s North Coast after the arrival of European settlers, who killed other animals with lead bullets and strychnine — poisoning the raptors that feed on carrion.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026
Of course, the arrival of a gay son, working as a fashion designer, who upends family and village traditions once the news leaks among the villagers, leads to tensions and is being used by a tribal elder to try and push Ngwato’s dad, Lesiba, out of his leadership role.
—Thinus Ferreira, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Adjustments are needed to ensure on-time bus arrivals and to reduce delays, VonSchnase said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Condors vanished from the state’s North Coast after the arrival of European settlers, who killed other animals with lead bullets and strychnine — poisoning the raptors that feed on carrion.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrival
Noun
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Experts say these feelings are coinciding with the advent of the internet, digital media and this concept of 24/7 access.—
Karen Garcia,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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MultiChoice launched Showmax across Africa 11 years ago in August 2015 to compete with the advent of streamers like Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon’s Prime Video, Disney+ and others which all became available on the continent and started biting into MultiChoice’s legacy pay-TV subscriber base.—
Thinus Ferreira,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Neither team scored until Martinez used assists from Stephen Eustáquio and defender Sergi Palencia in the 55th minute to find the net for the first time this season and for the ninth time in the 20-year-old’s 49th appearance and 20th start.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Frederick’s assist was his first in his 13th career appearance.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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All was lit as for the coming of a dead Queen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Greenidge also looks forward here to what is very much the most drastic of the post-COVID issues born of that time — the coming of artificial intelligence as a means for solving our problems, and what is looking more and more like a blurring of reality and simulacra.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Arrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrival. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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