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
Tova’s existence is about to be upended by the arrival of another flighty young man.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
The Australian policy of refusing to allow boat arrivals to settle has largely ended people smuggling from Southeast Asian ports in rickety fishing boats that had once thrived.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
The Mark Hotel is a main gathering spot for Met Gala arrivals.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
Center Tyler Linderbaum’s arrival gives the Raiders’ offensive line an anchor.
—Sam Warren, New York Times, 6 May 2026
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
The Australian policy of refusing to allow boat arrivals to settle has largely ended people smuggling from Southeast Asian ports in rickety fishing boats that had once thrived.
—ABC News, 6 May 2026
The Mark Hotel is a main gathering spot for Met Gala arrivals.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
Center Tyler Linderbaum’s arrival gives the Raiders’ offensive line an anchor.
—Sam Warren, New York Times, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrival
Noun
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Instead, Google’s findings suggest the opposite may be happening – AI is lowering the barrier to entry for sophisticated attacks, while the advent of companies adding AI agents exponentially increases points of vulnerability.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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Similarly to Netflix replacing Blockbuster or the advent of electric cars, the Sephora approach became the default consumer preference for the beauty industry from that point on.—
Jenny B. Fine,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Martínez had four Champions Cup starts and made another four appearances as a substitute.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
10 May 2026
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Making his first appearance since the eighth inning of Game 7 of the World Series, Snell showed rust early, allowing a leadoff single to Mauricio Dubón and walking Drake Baldwin.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Now, with the two-season show wrapped in 2021, Konkle has unearthed another chapter of her complicated coming of age.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
6 May 2026
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Four years later, his old friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) arrives to rescue him from himself, carting him down to Rio, where Rayburn is working for a security company on a construction site — there is a presidential election coming, and protests are feared.—
Robert Lloyd,
Houston Chronicle,
1 May 2026
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“Arrival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrival. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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