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 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 Pakistan came back strongly in the middle overs through spinner Arafat Minhas (2-25) and Abrar Ahmed (1-29). — ABC News, 3 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 Kevin Kane came back to Purdue to fix one of the nation’s worst defenses. — Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 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
  • Zeno would collect victims’ funds and later withdraw them in cash, which has not been recovered.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
  • His body was recovered early Wednesday morning using a helicopter from Yosemite National Park and crew from Friends of Yosemite Search and Rescue.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 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
  • Mountain Rescue Aspen has responded to a rising number of calls involving drug and alcohol use this season.
    — The Aspen Times, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Citizen activists responded to that attempt by gathering petition signatures to place an amendment on the November ballot that would enshrine nonpartisan judicial elections in the state constitution.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of responded
Verb
  • Although the food situation has improved since last year’s famine, Israel continues to restrict humanitarian aid, allowing only a fraction of the daily 600 truckloads required in the cease-fire deal to enter the territory.
    — KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
  • OpenAI also did not include full prompts or run-time details for how their agents uncovered the proofs, and officials admitted in a blog post about the results that citations and written descriptions of findings could be improved in future releases.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of improved
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  • But for meantime, Aldabra Atoll offers a rare story of hope, showing a landscape where nature rebounded from near collapse and giant tortoises reclaimed their habitat.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has largely rebounded, but only at great risk to tankers, 20 of which have been struck in the last month, suggesting recovery could be unsustainable.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of rebounded
Verb
  • The Russian Federation replied on Tuesday, saying no case of plague had recently been reported in the Irkutsk Oblast, in southeastern Siberia, and that about 200 contacts had been placed in quarantine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The executive replied to a fan pointing out that actor Frank Grillo — who plays Rick Flag in the DC Universe — had reposted an image suggesting Arjona was the new Diana Prince.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of replied
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  • Police and protesters clashed in Brussels on Friday as tens of thousands of people rallied separately in the Belgian capital against rising living costs and budget-tightening measures introduced by the government.
    — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • After Sam Antonacci was hit by a pitch, the White Sox rallied to tie the game at 3-3.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of rallied
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  • The question is more easily answered by Percherette than by even the most attentive Austen characters.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Department officials said that calls will still be answered by human operators and not bots.
    — Jakob McWhinney, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of answered

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“Came back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20back. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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