1
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
Those 63 comebacks comprise more wins by themselves than exactly half the league’s teams have total wins during that same time frame.
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Sam McDowell 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
The Broncos’ Mile-High Miracle The Denver Broncos pulled off one of the wildest comebacks in NFL history last Sunday.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Wilson was responding to Payton’s comments after the Broncos stormed back to beat the Giants 33-32 on Sunday in one of the most dramatic comebacks in recent NFL history.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Brands once left behind—Juicy Couture, Baby Phat, Von Dutch—are making strategic comebacks.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
The mouth-agape comebacks of John Elway define this franchise.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
The Buccaneers quarterback has been showcasing some toughness and grit through his own injury scares, and also leading the team to gutsy fourth-quarter comebacks.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers themselves have been part of seven of those 15 comebacks, winning four of them.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
It’s credited with helping boost all three of its stars to comebacks after years of declining roles.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Sam McDowell 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
The Broncos’ Mile-High Miracle The Denver Broncos pulled off one of the wildest comebacks in NFL history last Sunday.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Wilson was responding to Payton’s comments after the Broncos stormed back to beat the Giants 33-32 on Sunday in one of the most dramatic comebacks in recent NFL history.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Brands once left behind—Juicy Couture, Baby Phat, Von Dutch—are making strategic comebacks.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
The mouth-agape comebacks of John Elway define this franchise.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
The Buccaneers quarterback has been showcasing some toughness and grit through his own injury scares, and also leading the team to gutsy fourth-quarter comebacks.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers themselves have been part of seven of those 15 comebacks, winning four of them.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
It’s credited with helping boost all three of its stars to comebacks after years of declining roles.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comebacks
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In amongst the abuse hurled at Rory McIlroy, the beer thrown at Rory McIlroy, the emphatic retorts from Rory McIlroy and also some golf from Rory McIlory (and 23 other guys), something interesting kept cropping up during the Ryder Cup at Bethpage.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Smaller groups of five, 40 or a little under a hundred people gather routinely with posters, chants and, sometimes, retorts for passing motorists who support the president.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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Charles Winstead of the San Francisco Bay Area has seen several climbing accidents while climbing El Capitan over the past few weeks and attests to the quick responses from park personnel.—
Ignacio Calderon,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Many students reported conflicting responses from the security staff in the time between the game and the concert.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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In addition, many Department of Education employees who were furloughed were surprised to see a message blaming Democrats for the government shutdown inserted into their out-of-office replies.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
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ChatGPT’s initial replies appeared to encourage his delusions and anger before its safety filters eventually activated and attempted to de-escalate the situation, urging him to seek help.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Eager for answers, Mae messaged Charlie’s owner but got no response.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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All of that has left the Heat seeking answers in the immediate aftermath of Rozier’s Thursday arrest stemming from his alleged involvement in a sports betting scheme.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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The controversial idea to play a domestic league fixture overseas, pushed by La Liga president Javier Tebas to increase Spanish football’s revenues and exposure, attracted completely opposing reactions from the two sides of the Barca-Madrid divide.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The human then returned with researchers assessing the reactions of those canines who ate the food and those that didn’t.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Comebacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comebacks. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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