as in appearances
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 arrivals
The Proto-Indo-Europeans are recent arrivals in our species’ story; the Ice Age ended twelve thousand years ago, the out-of-Africa migration took place around sixty thousand years ago, and Homo sapiens emerged about three hundred thousand years ago.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The Corpus family often helped guide new Latino arrivals to the area.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Some leaders, including, United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, posted their arrivals to Egypt on social media, while other leaders have kept their movement more discrete.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
The shelter tab represents the second full fiscal year that Massachusetts taxpayers have shelled out larger-than-normal sums to house homeless families after a surge of migrant arrivals pushed the emergency assistance shelter system to a bursting point.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
In recent years, the Center of Hope has been at capacity and new arrivals only get in when another person leaves.
—Taylor Batten, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
While neither saw a full stop for departures and arrivals, both saw significant delays, as did Dallas Love Field Airport, which reported one-hour delays.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
But a shortfall of already-thin air traffic control staffing this week had prompted the FAA to slow or halt arrivals in Burbank, California, and Nashville, Tennessee, among others.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Fixtures at that stage are often when managers have the chance to implement new ideas after time with all their new signings, and Arsenal had five of their eight summer arrivals start the 3-0 win.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
The Corpus family often helped guide new Latino arrivals to the area.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Some leaders, including, United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, posted their arrivals to Egypt on social media, while other leaders have kept their movement more discrete.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
The shelter tab represents the second full fiscal year that Massachusetts taxpayers have shelled out larger-than-normal sums to house homeless families after a surge of migrant arrivals pushed the emergency assistance shelter system to a bursting point.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
In recent years, the Center of Hope has been at capacity and new arrivals only get in when another person leaves.
—Taylor Batten, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
While neither saw a full stop for departures and arrivals, both saw significant delays, as did Dallas Love Field Airport, which reported one-hour delays.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
But a shortfall of already-thin air traffic control staffing this week had prompted the FAA to slow or halt arrivals in Burbank, California, and Nashville, Tennessee, among others.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Fixtures at that stage are often when managers have the chance to implement new ideas after time with all their new signings, and Arsenal had five of their eight summer arrivals start the 3-0 win.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrivals
appearances
Noun
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The two appearances mark back-to-back outings in sculptural footwear, reinforcing her ongoing preference for statement-height silhouettes this season.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
18 Oct. 2025
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However, replacement Nick Woltemade has started to find his feet with four goals in seven appearances for his new club.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Arrivals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrivals. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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