came back

verb

past tense of come back
1
as in recovered
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness she's slowly coming back after being in a coma

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2
as in bounced (back)
to regain a former or normal state the American bald eagle was once nearly extinct but has come back strong

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3
as in responded
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction he came back with another one of his smart remarks

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Recent Examples of came back The Canadians came back from a 14-5 halftime deficit and took the lead when center Shoshanah Seumanutafa scored a try with three minutes remaining to give the home side a 24-21 win. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 First responder scanner traffic indicated the car's license plates came back as stolen. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 When sales came back down to earth, Guitar Center had the wrong merchandise on hand, a problem that was hard to remedy as Chinese factory shutdowns caused supply chain chaos. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 Preliminary tests on a separate 20-year-old patient who had traveled from the DRC through Uganda came back negative for Ebola on Thursday, according to Kenyan authorities. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Vandenberg for a landing a little over seven minutes after liftoff. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Skubal came back inside with a fastball that Baldwin fouled off. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Authorities were preparing to make an arrest, Smallwood said, when the prosecutor’s office came back with bad news. — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026 The other 51%, how they were made to feel, was the part people came back for. — Jamie Farmer, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came back
  1. recovered
  2. snapped back
  3. responded
  4. improved
  5. rebounded
  6. replied
  7. rallied
  8. answered
Verb
  • The one that resulted in points came from the first play of the game, when rookie Jackson Kuwatch jarred loose a fumble from Packers kick returner Coleman Owen and Panthers OLB Nick Hampton recovered it.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Messages recovered from a defendant’s phone included a photograph with the child and discussions about a connecting flight to Houston.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of recovered
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  • Moore's head snapped back and hit the turf hard, and his teammates immediately went after Stephens in a prolonged exchange.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • In those cases, 211 stayed at the price after the initial movement, 62 continued moving and 80 snapped back to their original position.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of snapped back
Verb
  • The governor’s campaign responded to a request for comment Sunday, saying a witness refutes that the phone was touched.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Miami responded with an 80-yard drive to retake their lead, 24-21, but UNC continued to fight on while crushing clock heading into the fourth quarter.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of responded
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  • As broadcasting capabilities improved, the key didn’t have to get quite so cozy with the ignition system to effectively communicate.
    — Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 29 Oct. 2026
  • After the 2016 sales tax hike, the proceeds of which went largely toward pensions, the retirement funding steadily improved.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of improved
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  • Its Arizona operation is the result of a pre-pandemic gamble Phoenix made to revive its sluggish economy, which never quite rebounded from the Great Recession.
    — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Of 43 teams to trail 3-0 in any best-of-seven postseason matchup, the only one that rebounded to win was the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees in the 2004 AL Championship Series.
    — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of rebounded
Verb
  • Kotlikoff replied at the meeting that the decision to allow the student to return to campus was made by the university’s disciplinary panel, not him.
    — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • After the crash, Saint James received 27,000 letters of support and replied to 15,000 of those letters with a handwritten note.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of replied
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  • Outside of tech, stocks were more resilient as many rallied after reporting stronger profits for the summer than analysts expected.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • With only five days remaining before the November election, top candidates on the Republican ticket rallied Thursday night in Hialeah for a final push to woo Cuban-American voters.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of rallied
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  • The Bears answered with another TD drive and put the game away after Darnold's interception.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Back to base camp The Knicks are 2-4, and two of their starters answered the same chemistry question on opposite sides of the spectrum.
    — Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of answered

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