CAME ON Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

came on

verb

past tense of come on

as in arrived

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As a result, the Faulkner County Animal Shelter was contacted and later arrived to assist with the investigation.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
The teams that will be ready for whatever AI does next aren’t the ones who arrived knowing the most.

— Brittany Murrey, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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The company emerged from bankruptcy, sold to private equity firm Ames Watson, and is altering the way its 900 remaining standalone stores, from a peak 3,400 in 2012, reach the Alphas.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
This possibility emerged from a series of discoveries, spanning decades, involving the cells of the early embryo, which possess remarkable flexibility.

— Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of emerged

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Kiffin prioritized second-chance prospects before the portal even existed.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
In fact, the same scientists who conducted this research previously found evidence of a magnetic field that existed 2 million years into the formation of the solar system, baked into meteorites.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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