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as in arrives
to get to a destination
when do you think they'll come?
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as in happens
to take place
whatever may come we'll always be together
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as in progresses
to move forward along a course
how is the remodeling job coming?
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Recent Examples of comes
November 22 – December 21 A choice today quietly shapes what comes next.
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2026
The endorsement comes as ballots have begun arriving in Californians’ mailboxes at a critical moment in the race to lead the nation’s second-largest city.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
News, comes less than two weeks after Summer House, which Ciara has been a cast member on since 2020, filmed its Season 10 reunion.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 4 May 2026
That regular-season sweep comes with an asterisk as Luka Dončić only played one full game out of those four.
—Scott Phillips, New York Times, 4 May 2026
The next time the Force comes into play is on the Millennium Falcon, on the way to Alderaan.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 May 2026
The biennial comes as the school faces an uncertain future.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
The discovery comes as the the NYPD released new stats showing that Jewish victims were targeted in 60 percent of all hate crimes citywide last month.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
The position requires approval from the Senate and comes with an ambassador title.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2026
The endorsement comes as ballots have begun arriving in Californians’ mailboxes at a critical moment in the race to lead the nation’s second-largest city.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
News, comes less than two weeks after Summer House, which Ciara has been a cast member on since 2020, filmed its Season 10 reunion.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 4 May 2026
That regular-season sweep comes with an asterisk as Luka Dončić only played one full game out of those four.
—Scott Phillips, New York Times, 4 May 2026
The next time the Force comes into play is on the Millennium Falcon, on the way to Alderaan.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 May 2026
The biennial comes as the school faces an uncertain future.
—ABC News, 4 May 2026
The discovery comes as the the NYPD released new stats showing that Jewish victims were targeted in 60 percent of all hate crimes citywide last month.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
The position requires approval from the Senate and comes with an ambassador title.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes
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Additional storm development is also possible across the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic as an upper-level system approaches from the west.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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As a courtroom showdown between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively approaches next month, lawyers for the former co-stars continued to hash out key pretrial issues Tuesday before a federal judge.—
Rebecca Keegan,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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Complications arise only when the world arrives on their doorstep.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
6 May 2026
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The Inhalatorium, the feature-length animation debut by director and animator Bára Anna Stejskalová, follows a 13-year-old girl who arrives at a mountain sanatorium to treat her asthma.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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This is a moment where co-parenting becomes something more.—
Jann Blackstone,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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According to a letter sent by the Dutch foreign and health ministers to parliament late Friday, Spain has activated the EU civil protection mechanism for a medical evacuation plane equipped for infectious diseases to be on standby in case anyone on the ship becomes ill.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 May 2026
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All the statute requires is that DHS solicit and receive other agencies' views; Congress left the Executive Branch to resolve how that process happens and how much detail other agencies provide.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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And when that happens, voters are left to question whether the outcome of an election reflects their voice or the lines that were drawn around it.—
Dan Daley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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As the conversation progresses, dialogue options branch in real time as Phaedra shares more intimate details of what she's been going through and how the virus is evolving within her.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
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Dermatologists say that delay is one of the biggest barriers to effective care and one of the main reasons the condition progresses.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
6 May 2026
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Providence and Lincoln-Way West move up, while Sandburg enters topsy-turvy rankings.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The replay shows the puck enters the goal just below the crossbar and caroms off the frame at the back of the net.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The stabbing of two men in a Jewish neighborhood in London appears to be the latest in a series of antisemitic attacks in the United Kingdom since the beginning of the American-Israeli war against Iran, in late February.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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After months of allowing customers to openly carry guns in its Florida stores, Publix appears to have changed its policy.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
7 May 2026
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Stability grows through honest and thoughtful adjustments.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Fires there can release the radioactive materials stored in plants and animals, potentially over large distances if a blaze grows large enough.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
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“Comes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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