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as in to arrive
to get to a destination
when do you think they'll come?
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4
as in to happen
to take place
whatever may come we'll always be together
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5
as in to do
to move forward along a course
how is the remodeling job coming?
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1
as in to count (up to)
to have a total of
your bill comes to $53.74
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2
as in to correspond (to)
to be the same in meaning or effect
it all comes to nothing in the end
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3
as in to occur (to)
to enter the mind of
the actual name of the item didn't come to me until I was walking out of the store
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as in to come around
to gain consciousness again
after being in a coma for months, the patient quite unexpectedly came to
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Recent Examples of come
Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
Mornings taste better with a fresh fruit smoothie and sunrise on your deck, and the always smiling and hospitable resort staff keeps the surprises coming—maybe a floating breakfast one day or champagne at dusk the next.
—AFAR Media, 27 Sep. 2025
The cuts to the law enforcement budget came during a record budget season.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Tabsch was one of the filmmakers who received a special jury mention from The Louies last year, which came with a stipend and access to the Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Moving Image Archives.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Bondi’s appearance on Fox News comes days after Comey was indicted by a federal grand jury on two of three counts sought by prosecutors, one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice, according to documents.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2025
Tywanza Sanders, a young barber who had come with his mother, collapsed to the floor.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
The purchase order comes 13 months after the businesses signed a contract for preliminary engineering work on the Mk 104 rocket motor.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
The charges against Comey came even as prosecutors in the office had written a memo detailing concerns about the pursuit of an indictment and their likelihood of success at trial.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
The production came just in time to help the Angels (72-88) put a serious dent in the Astros’ chances of going to the playoffs.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
Mornings taste better with a fresh fruit smoothie and sunrise on your deck, and the always smiling and hospitable resort staff keeps the surprises coming—maybe a floating breakfast one day or champagne at dusk the next.
—AFAR Media, 27 Sep. 2025
The cuts to the law enforcement budget came during a record budget season.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Tabsch was one of the filmmakers who received a special jury mention from The Louies last year, which came with a stipend and access to the Lynn & Louis Wolfson II Moving Image Archives.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Bondi’s appearance on Fox News comes days after Comey was indicted by a federal grand jury on two of three counts sought by prosecutors, one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice, according to documents.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2025
Tywanza Sanders, a young barber who had come with his mother, collapsed to the floor.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
The purchase order comes 13 months after the businesses signed a contract for preliminary engineering work on the Mk 104 rocket motor.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
The charges against Comey came even as prosecutors in the office had written a memo detailing concerns about the pursuit of an indictment and their likelihood of success at trial.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Come.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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