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as in came
to get to a destination
when will the guests arrive?
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as in flourished
to reach a desired level of accomplishment
the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination
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Recent Examples of arrived
Named for the Kiawah people who called this island home when British settlers first arrived in 1670, Kiawah Island fronts the Atlantic with ten miles of beach.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
Michigan finished the job, punctuating a remarkable two-year turnaround for May, who arrived at Michigan in 2024 after taking Florida Atlantic to the Final Four in 2023.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
When showtime arrived, Ma sneaked in a side door just as cameras started to roll.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Two additional victims later arrived at Grady Hospital on their own.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
First responders arrived at the scene and first began treating a 21-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl, but both died at the scene.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Serious Medical and Emotional Neglect Turner said Kaiko arrived in poor health, suffering from multiple medical issues and signs of prolonged neglect.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Students arrived for class on a recent analog day to find typewriters at the desks, some with German and some QWERTY keyboards.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
Gutierrez Molina, who lived in Dallas, arrived in Colombia on Saturday night, March 21, on a flight from Miami.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
Michigan finished the job, punctuating a remarkable two-year turnaround for May, who arrived at Michigan in 2024 after taking Florida Atlantic to the Final Four in 2023.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
When showtime arrived, Ma sneaked in a side door just as cameras started to roll.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Two additional victims later arrived at Grady Hospital on their own.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
First responders arrived at the scene and first began treating a 21-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl, but both died at the scene.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Serious Medical and Emotional Neglect Turner said Kaiko arrived in poor health, suffering from multiple medical issues and signs of prolonged neglect.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Students arrived for class on a recent analog day to find typewriters at the desks, some with German and some QWERTY keyboards.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
Gutierrez Molina, who lived in Dallas, arrived in Colombia on Saturday night, March 21, on a flight from Miami.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrived
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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Plagued by cold weather, the operation never flourished and in 1926, the sugar company pulled out.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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But a new series of fossils found at a site in China includes examples of groups that flourished in the Cambrian living side by side with a few Ediacaran species.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Plus, Higgins and Chase appeared destined to go in the direction before unique circumstances of sharing the same agent put those deals back on track in March 2025.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Bloomberg Businessweek, Eater, Bravo, Racked, Refinery29, and many more publications.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Texas succeeded most of the NCAA tournament with a lockdown defensive effort and got a shooting boost from Rori Harmon and Booker.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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Analyses show the experiment succeeded at expanding access and controlling costs without bankrupting health systems or pharmaceutical firms.—
Michael Rose,
STAT,
3 Apr. 2026
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The debate was live-streamed, and drew so much attention that Fuentes landed his own show on Right Side Broadcasting Network, a pro-Trump streaming channel.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Guardians finished with just one hit on a double that landed over right fielder Michael Conforto’s head.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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During periods of high sea levels, salt water flooded into the basin between North and South America and formed a shallow sea where algae thrived.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The anecdote comes off less like an afterschool special and more like a reflection on the strange in-between zones where Hornsby has always thrived.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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His parents prospered, opening a fur shop called Paris-New York and moving to the tony Sixteenth Arrondissement.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Wool producers prospered on buoyant world prices.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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