CAME ON Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

came on

verb

past tense of come on

as in arrived

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The actor arrived in a regal sky blue high-neck top with a long cascading train and clashing red lining — custom designed by Prabal Gurung — offset with a casual pair of low slung, non-maternity jeans by La Ligne that skimmed just under her bump.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Knizner arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday morning following a six-hour flight across the country with his wife and 10-month-old baby.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of arrived

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The report about the jet swap comes weeks after concerns about the safety of the new Qatar-gifted jet first emerged as the Ankara trip served as its international debut as the new Air Force One.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Pierce, meanwhile, has emerged as arguably the best deep threat in the NFL.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of emerged

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For many younger Cubans, Castro remains an icon, but his influence is less immediate for them than for older generations who lived under his leadership.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Rahe lived near the site on the edge of his native small town of Dyersville, with convenient access by way of a back road the Universal Studios crew had made just for the movie shoot.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

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Some of the smallest, reddest galaxies in the image existed when the universe was only about 800 million years old, turning one seemingly empty patch of sky into a window through cosmic history.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
That’s because readers bestow a special kind of life upon people who have existed only in books.

— Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

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