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as in retorts
a quick witty response
always ready with a comeback for every insult
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as in responses
something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question
regardless of the question posed by the prosecutor, the witness had a plausible comeback
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Recent Examples of comebacks
Europe staged one of the greatest comebacks in Ryder Cup history, winning eight matches and halving another to clinch the Cup by half a point.
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Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
What stands out from these examples, and from many other cases, is the candor with which everyone spoke about their health crises, their treatment and their comebacks.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
As is tradition, a few newcomers, comebacks and cornerstones on the New York Fashion Week schedule provided WWD an exclusive look at what inspired their collections.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Josh Allen, Ed Oliver and Matt Prater had other plans as Buffalo pulled off one of the more insane comebacks in recent memory and cemented itself as the team to beat in the AFC.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The Sox staged comebacks in each game during the series.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
If the first half of the year was about comebacks, reinventions, and global breakthroughs, then the fall promises to be about dominance—artists cementing their place in a year already overflowing with heavyweights.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
This year has taught me that setbacks don’t define us — our comebacks do.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Perhaps the recent competitive comebacks of 40-somethings like Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn and legendary climber Chris Sharma are fueling the motivation.
—Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
What stands out from these examples, and from many other cases, is the candor with which everyone spoke about their health crises, their treatment and their comebacks.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
As is tradition, a few newcomers, comebacks and cornerstones on the New York Fashion Week schedule provided WWD an exclusive look at what inspired their collections.
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Josh Allen, Ed Oliver and Matt Prater had other plans as Buffalo pulled off one of the more insane comebacks in recent memory and cemented itself as the team to beat in the AFC.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The Sox staged comebacks in each game during the series.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
If the first half of the year was about comebacks, reinventions, and global breakthroughs, then the fall promises to be about dominance—artists cementing their place in a year already overflowing with heavyweights.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 3 Sep. 2025
This year has taught me that setbacks don’t define us — our comebacks do.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Perhaps the recent competitive comebacks of 40-somethings like Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn and legendary climber Chris Sharma are fueling the motivation.
—Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comebacks
Noun
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Rank-and-file Democrats also have applauded Pritzker’s bullish retorts to Trump in recent days.—
Amie Parnes,
The Hill,
28 Aug. 2025
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But businesses are hoping for more than just retorts.—
Satviki Sanjay Bloomberg,
Arkansas Online,
9 Aug. 2025
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Jeff is the author of Appalachian Fall (Simon & Schuster, 2020), which explored the decline of the coal industry and community-level responses to the energy transition.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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That genetic material contains an enormous amount of information within it, telling your body what proteins and enzymes to produce, how to configure them together, and where and when to activate a variety of responses.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In her replies, the woman admits how much the situation hurts.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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In a Reddit post, the owner, u/WorldlinessOk6575, shared the surprising results that proved their instincts were right—and a veterinarian's comment in the replies gave the story even more context.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The third walk-off loss in seven days resulted in a similar scene, with Scott buried in his locker and still searching for answers.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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That’s all there is to it for today’s Quordle clues and answers.—
Kris Holt,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The soap's sensual marketing theme earned mixed reactions on social media, with some users dubbing it a gimmick and questioning the item's cleanliness.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The design uses eight reactions, all driven by enzymes that exist in nature, though not together in the same species.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Comebacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comebacks. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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