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
For months, Pete has been teasing updates of how the store was coming along, touring the space, formerly a Denny’s, and posting videos of the construction process.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Fads that are seemingly everywhere for a moment and then slowly fade away while the new buzzy thing comes along.
—Lacey Ramburger, The Spruce, 21 Jan. 2026
The real-life regulations on what color to paint your house, how short to cut your grass, and exactly where to put your garbage can on trash day make this suburb ripe for an outsider and her teenage daughter to come along and shake things up.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Then KPop Demon Hunters came along.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
Fads that are seemingly everywhere for a moment and then slowly fade away while the new buzzy thing comes along.
—Lacey Ramburger, The Spruce, 21 Jan. 2026
The real-life regulations on what color to paint your house, how short to cut your grass, and exactly where to put your garbage can on trash day make this suburb ripe for an outsider and her teenage daughter to come along and shake things up.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Then KPop Demon Hunters came along.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come along
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Player Projects require Raiders to go out into the various maps and find loot, which must then be committed in order to progress and earn rewards.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Have things progressed to the point of having regular kombucha or kvass infusions?—
Alyssa Brandt,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Coming from both the Sun and also omnidirectionally from elsewhere across the Universe, these cosmic rays all behaved the same way normal particles do on Earth, except were at significantly greater energies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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Some of Thursday’s decline was related to Wall Street not being happy with how much the company was spending on investments for the future (capital expenditures), and the cloud business Azure may not have done as well as some hoped.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, deputies proceeded with the jail’s schedule as if nothing was happening.—
Christopher Damien,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Only after the verification does the destroyer proceed to fire four electronic jamming missiles, according to the broadcast.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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As part of Congress, Menefee could face voting on controversial issues in coming weeks.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
2 Feb. 2026
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Hicks had been owed $25 million over the next two seasons, a liability that came with a hefty payroll tax for Boston.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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Small black flies marched along his unbearably long lashes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Hundreds of people marched peacefully through Center City Philadelphia Monday, rallying in solidarity with Minnesota and raising concerns about federal immigration enforcement and recent deadly encounters involving federal agents in Minneapolis.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Several recent special elections have gone well for Democrats, including a win in Virginia in September 2025.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
2 Feb. 2026
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After a skirmish, Pretti escaped from the officer and went toward the crowd.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Feb. 2026
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No history of the United States would tell a story in which the federal government and the states have always got along.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Sure, there is a lot of interest in the feuds—are Charles and Harry getting along these days?—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
22 Jan. 2026
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A lot of people nodded and went along with even the craziest aspects because there was no mechanism to get feedback from our own people.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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Her Maj takes it in her stride, which is a subtle signal for the audience to just go along with it.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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