as in to progress
to move forward along a course
our backyard makeover is coming along nicely
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Recent Examples of come along
Beyoncé’s cowboy moment came along at just the right time for Levi’s, which has been looking to build its women’s business while also pushing denim-on-denim looks.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
In fact, the Pixel 9a may be coming along at just the right time.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
The choreography is grotesque, but efficient — an intricate, parasitic pageant engineered to keep the show going for as long as the fungus needs until the next brood comes along.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The truth is, a loss as total as Thursday’s embarrassment comes along more rarely than once a generation.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
In fact, the Pixel 9a may be coming along at just the right time.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
The choreography is grotesque, but efficient — an intricate, parasitic pageant engineered to keep the show going for as long as the fungus needs until the next brood comes along.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The truth is, a loss as total as Thursday’s embarrassment comes along more rarely than once a generation.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come along
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The 36-year-old, 14-year veteran — in the fifth year of his six-season, $90 million contract — had been on a rehab assignment since last week and was progressing in impressive fashion, stroking six hits including a home run in 10 at-bats.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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After progressing into the Champions League semi-finals, Arsenal have already banked around £100m.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Svalbard is governed by a 1920 treaty that gives over 40 countries, including Russia, China and the U.S., equal rights to live and do business there.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Coefficient Capital also participated in the round, as did Gorgie board members Jason Cohen and Yossi Nasser.—
BYAllie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2025
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Another legal challenge to Trump's order brought by 19 Democratic state attorneys general in federal court in Massachusetts is proceeding separately, though the government has asked for that case to be moved to Washington, D.C., to be consolidated with the one before Kollar-Kotelly.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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That said, proceed with a little common sense here.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2025
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The songs intricately narrate the struggles of overcoming adversity, seeking hope in uncertainty, and marching collectively toward the future.—
Billboard China,
Billboard,
28 Apr. 2025
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Sale prices for single-family houses in Hartford Country again marched upward in the first three months of this year, on fewer sales, compared with the same period a year ago.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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And then, all of the sudden, the girlfriend’s gone.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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After the Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards poked the proverbial bear, Doncic turned his game up a notch, scoring 31 points to go with 12 rebounds and nine assists (on a perfect 11-for-11 from the free-throw line) to give the Lakers a 94-85 victory in Game 2, evening the series.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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But for a general-purpose Mac antivirus that will get along with your other devices, Bitdefender Antivirus remains an Editors' Choice winner.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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The stuffy central banker and the down-to-earth businessmen got along well, and have formed a good-cop-bad-cop team trying to manage the never-ending threats from south of the border.—
Stephen Maher,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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Yet, along with the positives that go along with this tactic, comes the opportunity for fake influencers to take advantage of small brands.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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After a disastrous meeting between Trump and Putin in Helsinki, in July, 2018, Trump’s Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, took advantage of the bad news cycles to issue a solemn declaration that the United States would never, ever go along with Putin’s theft of Crimea.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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Many international trips are booked months in advance, and can be hard to cancel, and so even a traveller who feels antagonized by U.S. policies may in the end get on a plane anyway.—
Josh Holder,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Yankees did get on the board in the seventh inning, as a fielder’s choice off of Aaron Judge’s bat let a run score.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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