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
Cleveland, of course, chased down Detroit in one of the most remarkable late-season comebacks baseball has ever seen.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
The 2025 champions coasted past Norfolk State during the first round, but need second-half comebacks in four of their next five games to capture the school’s third national title.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
White supremacy, anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry and misogyny are making comebacks while the wealth gap is wider than ever.
—Megan Thiele Strong, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
In a tournament that has had no shortage of dynamic moments, jaw-dropping home runs and epic comebacks, Saturday’s quarterfinal between Venezuela and Japan might have topped it all.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
And now, Priyanka Chopra Jonas is joining the club for grand Academy Awards comebacks.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
The 49ers are putting a lot of weight on the comebacks of Nick Bosa (ACL), Mykel Williams (ACL) and Keion White (ankle).
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
The goal is to keep chats interesting with entertaining banter and clever comebacks, the company adds.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
The Iced Lavender Cream Matcha, Iced Lavender Latte, and Lavender Creme Frappuccino are making comebacks, joined by a new Frog Cake Pop.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
The 2025 champions coasted past Norfolk State during the first round, but need second-half comebacks in four of their next five games to capture the school’s third national title.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
White supremacy, anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry and misogyny are making comebacks while the wealth gap is wider than ever.
—Megan Thiele Strong, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
In a tournament that has had no shortage of dynamic moments, jaw-dropping home runs and epic comebacks, Saturday’s quarterfinal between Venezuela and Japan might have topped it all.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
And now, Priyanka Chopra Jonas is joining the club for grand Academy Awards comebacks.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
The 49ers are putting a lot of weight on the comebacks of Nick Bosa (ACL), Mykel Williams (ACL) and Keion White (ankle).
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
The goal is to keep chats interesting with entertaining banter and clever comebacks, the company adds.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
The Iced Lavender Cream Matcha, Iced Lavender Latte, and Lavender Creme Frappuccino are making comebacks, joined by a new Frog Cake Pop.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comebacks
Noun
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LeBron James didn’t hold back from his retorts over his late-in-the-game elbow injury Thursday night against the Denver Nuggets.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
6 Mar. 2026
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The hearing also lacked contentious partisan moments, but there were some sharp retorts.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2026
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Pahlavi’s team began putting out various plans to further erode the regime’s authority, calling on workers to strike and releasing a QR code through which defectors in the state security forces could sign on to his project, which Pahlavi claimed had elicited fifty thousand responses.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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That effort has so far only led to tepid responses from allies, some of whom are against the war entirely.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
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So Vicky goes to techno with Kevin and Angela, splits a spliff on the fire escape with Jen, buys a zhizha of a mansion and a luxury car and a set of fancy silverware, ideates urn campaigns, replies to emails, writes presentation decks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Oosterhoff replies with an approving murmur.—
Charles Lane,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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In less than 24 hours, two separate shootings have shaken a West Perrine neighborhood, leaving residents grieving and searching for answers.—
Anna McAllister,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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There are a lot of issues in government that can be the subject of reasonable and well-informed discussion, where different parties might fall on different answers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Exposure to moisture and carbon dioxide can trigger side reactions that degrade the cathode, blocking ion movement and reducing performance.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Mar. 2026
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Wang, however, projects each of these choice from deep within, crafting a character who’s both uncomfortable with his reactions to people, emotions and external stimuli, but is, at this point in his life, also unfortunately used to his discomforts, and begrudgingly accepts them.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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