CAME ON Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

came on

verb

past tense of come on

as in arrived

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Paul Peschisolido became Fulham’s first £1million signing, then Chris Coleman arrived for £2m — fees that had been unimaginable in the third tier.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Pre-orders opened June 25, the cover art and new logo arrived, and 60 screenshots went out with them.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of arrived

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There was a small bathroom with glass doors and a shower, a mini-bar, closet, desk, lounge chair and large doors that open onto the street.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Two Plössl eyepieces provided different magnifications, and there was also a red-dot finderscope and a manual equatorial mount with slow-motion cables.

— Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of was

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The backstory Built in 1940, The Balfour has lived more than a few different chapters alongside Miami Beach itself.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
The novel intensity of New York eventually began to fade, and MacLeod lived alone in Manhattan, barely leaving his apartment.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Definition of lived

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The thing is, the very same people so outraged over a logo change had likely forgotten Cracker Barrel existed.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Some of these sharks may have been alive when Galileo was still studying the night sky while other individuals may have already been swimming through Arctic waters before the United States even existed.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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