come around

Definition of come aroundnext
as in to come to
to gain consciousness again she came around surprisingly quickly after falling off the horse

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Recent Examples of come around No matter how many new pasta salads come around, this one never gets old. Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 2 July 2026 Even critics of new infrastructure will come around because of the jobs these projects will create. Vinod Khosla, Fortune, 30 June 2026 What the rise of 'chalance' says about dating People have equated aloofness with coolness since long before the internet came around. Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Even the hard-line Ecologists party is coming around to the fact that AC is now a necessity, with the party’s head, Marine Tondelier, saying hospitals and schools should be equipped with cooling systems. Jessica Roy, Curbed, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for come around

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“Come around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20around. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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