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Recent Examples of comer
Northrop Grumman's Talon Project is something of a late comer.
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New Atlas,
4 Dec. 2025
In April 2022, Dréan named his 27-year old comer as CEO.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
Onlookers said in a story published Sunday by the Orlando Sentinel that Amesty, a 30-year-old former Florida state representative, seemingly leveraged her status as a politically connected up-and-comer to help her game the justice system.
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Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
Kim Ji-hoon is an up and comer.
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Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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New Atlas,
4 Dec. 2025
In April 2022, Dréan named his 27-year old comer as CEO.
—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
Onlookers said in a story published Sunday by the Orlando Sentinel that Amesty, a 30-year-old former Florida state representative, seemingly leveraged her status as a politically connected up-and-comer to help her game the justice system.
—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
Kim Ji-hoon is an up and comer.
—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comer
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More traditional news outlets are growing comfortable with less formal presentations and personalities, part of a gradual coming together of stories news brands and new, digital upstarts who are winning significant slices of attention through newsletters, podcasts and subscription media products.
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Time and time again in the history of technology, monopolistic industry leaders that long seemed invincible—from Xerox to IBM to AT&T—have proven vulnerable to agile upstarts and technology advances that broke markets wide open by lowering costs, expanding supply and leapfrogging capabilities.
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Lower-performing students have fallen furthest, widening the gap between the highest and lowest achievers.
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Many high-achievers feel frustrated by time management, despite using numerous techniques, with a McKinsey survey showing only 9% executive satisfaction.
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Spurrier, who predominantly sold French vintages, wasn’t expecting anything other than a trouncing for the parvenu.
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In 1952, backed by little more than his reputation as a war hero and a fortune staked by his parvenu father, 35-year-old John F. Kennedy swiped a Senate seat from Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, himself a wealthy combat veteran.
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Fueled by journalism that informs and inspires, Forbes spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries, achieving success and making an impact on the world.
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If this unfolds unchecked, a world ruled by superb machine doers could drain life of meaning, beginning with pride in our work.
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And yet, the digital arrivistes could only gain so much traction with a broader customer base and needed a boost from tie-ins with old-school counterparts.
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Certainly there’s a long and distinguished tradition of associating Jewish arrivistes with entrepreneurialism, avarice, and clannishness.
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Wicked, another Broadway powerhouse, famously lost in that category, but that hardly dispels the correlation between Tony awards and staying power, seeing as Wicked won in three other categories.
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Night after night, my For You Page is flooded with her powerhouse performances of her greatest hits.
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Columbus is a melting pot of enterprisers, its residents a blend of locals, transplants and newbies drawn by business and academia.
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“Comer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comer. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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