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
The strategies in this article aren’t just about avoiding risk—they’re about helping your business stay flexible and ready to move when the right opportunity comes along.
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Joe Camberato, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
CoComelon is evolving from the cartoon world of baby JJ to a live-action classroom for its upcoming series The Melon Patch — and their popular nursery rhymes are coming along for the ride.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
And from Haase’s perspective, there’s a lot of unmined gold on East Lancaster, just waiting for the right people to come along and collect it.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
But then their daughter came along—and everything changed.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Joe Camberato, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
CoComelon is evolving from the cartoon world of baby JJ to a live-action classroom for its upcoming series The Melon Patch — and their popular nursery rhymes are coming along for the ride.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
And from Haase’s perspective, there’s a lot of unmined gold on East Lancaster, just waiting for the right people to come along and collect it.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
But then their daughter came along—and everything changed.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come along
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Past contestants have confirmed that pay increases as the season progresses.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The disease typically appears in mid-adulthood, causing problems with movement, memory, and mood, and usually progresses over 15-20 years.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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What makes addressUSA different AddressUSA does more than guess.—
Mary Beth Eastman,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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The oil and gas outsiders at Venture Global are doing so by upending project design norms, upsetting the Big Oil hierarchy, and dominating the nascent gas export industry.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
25 Sep. 2025
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As the Blue Jays broadcast team stated, the ball bounces in fair territory and then proceeds to go over the base.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Another request from the administration filed earlier this month came with the case of the firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, with the Justice Department asking the Supreme Court to allow her to be fired while the case proceeds in lower courts.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Sep. 2025
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Something has to give if the Commanders want to keep their young quarterback leading the way for years to come.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Arsenal have been so used to Saka coming inside onto his left foot, so to have a player who is equally capable of driving down the outside and running along the byline is a new threat.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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Soldiers from the Old Guard, wearing tricorne hats and bright-red uniforms, marched past, amid a flourish of fifes and drums.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Martha Stewart, Cyndi Lauper and Christina Hendricks watched on as an unexpected guest − a homeless man walking to the show's drumbeat and dangling a cap from his hand − marched down the gravel runway.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Harris felt Jill Biden never forgave her for going at Biden hard during the 2019 primary debate.—
Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Sep. 2025
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Their remains went undiscovered for more than a year.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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But there were market rumblings before that about her and Capri CEO John Idol not getting along, mostly over the direction of the Versace brand’s iconic Medusa logo.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
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This gentle soul loves to cuddle and gets along well with all dogs and people.—
Maryanne Dell,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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The refinement of his technique and the discipline of his eyes got better as the game went along.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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For many Americans, sports fandom is almost akin to a religious experience, with all the attendant emotions that go along with it.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Come along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20along. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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