arriving

verb

present participle of arrive
1
as in coming
to get to a destination when will the guests arrive?

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Relevance

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2
as in succeeding
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 arriving Boise and Meridian’s restaurant scene is shifting fast, with new concepts arriving and familiar spots changing shape. — Michael Deeds. Produced With Ai Assistance, Idaho Statesman, 14 Nov. 2026 The atmospheric river arriving on the West Coast on Sunday is expected to be a tad weaker than its Friday counterpart. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2026 Its Automated Vehicle Access Control system, known as AVAC, identifies arriving vehicles and compares information against facility records. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2026 The woman and her children had been at the complex most of the day, arriving in the morning, police said. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2026 The designer is already working on additional high jewelry pieces, potentially arriving in mid-2027, with plans to explore fancy-cut diamonds while keeping the work unmistakably her own. — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026 Delegates began arriving in Puerto Rico on Sunday for rehearsals and other preliminary activities. — ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026 Later arriving mail-in ballots and provisional ballots remain to be counted. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2026 Election results will not be certified for several days as the elections office continues to count provisional and mail-in ballots postmarked Tuesday but arriving after the election. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arriving
  1. coming
  2. succeeding
  3. appearing
  4. flourishing
  5. landing
  6. thriving
  7. prospering
Verb
  • Important this year is the image of the brilliant yellow daffodil, of which the city plans to plant 250,000 bulbs in the coming months.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • This time around, their performance arrived on the tail of North American and European legs of their Reality Awaits tour, which will bring them to Mexico, South America, and Australia in the coming months.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of coming
Verb
  • Ultimately, the objective should be to create a deal that works commercially and gives the business the best possible chance of succeeding under new ownership.
    — Paula Ferrada, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The team has received interest from a slew of candidates interested in succeeding McMullen on radio, and those conversations are ongoing.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of succeeding
Verb
  • Children, including some as young as 1, are appearing before immigration judges alone because of administration disruptions to legal services.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Dominican Republic native spent the 2026 season with the Mets organization, appearing in nine games for New York and playing in 65 games for Triple-A Syracuse.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of appearing
Verb
  • Bigotry against Muslims among Republican members of Congress — and even some Democrats — is flourishing openly in an institution whose current leadership has repeatedly failed to confront it.
    — Zainab Chaudry, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2026
  • These enable you to explore the furthest corners of the site, much of which is festooned with gloriously flourishing bougainvillea.
    — James Rampton, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of flourishing
Verb
  • New York landing Oklahoma State’s Drew Mestemaker — who has emerged as the draft’s top quarterback prospect — would be a painful blow to Miami, though the Jets have a long tradition of screwing up young QBs.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • China’s program has been largely opaque NASA has set a target of landing humans on the Moon by 2028, a year or so ahead of China.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of landing
Verb
  • In 2019, researchers examining Centrosaurus bones found recent organic material and thriving microbial communities, illustrating how fossil bone can become a habitat with chemistry distinct from surrounding sediment.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But perhaps more significantly, the shops and storefronts in the next-door buildings that Lovley and Valenti put up previously appear to be thriving despite generally tough times for new bricks-and-mortar locations.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of thriving
Verb
  • In 1893, the San Francisco Examiner approached four California super millionaires — today’s billionaires — for advice on prospering in the state.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • These drought-tolerant plants can keep every outdoor container garden and flower bed prospering even when rainfall is scarce and the heat is relentless.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
Definition of prospering

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“Arriving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arriving. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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