Thesaurus results for COMES DOWN

comes down

verb

present tense third-person singular of come down

as in happens

to take place let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting

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Recent Examples of comes down Picking which projects to back, Yang says, comes down to a specific set of criteria. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 Create Space For Questions Or Pushback Trust between an executive and their assistant comes down to consistency and clear communication. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Couples have prenups for many reasons, but much of it comes down to discussing financial goals, avoiding additional legal work in a divorce, maintaining control over financial outcomes and avoiding a state's default divorce laws. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026 Shorten the term and the monthly bite gets bigger, but the overall cost comes down. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 But the contest now comes down to which candidate can assemble enough of Michigan’s Democratic coalition to win Tuesday. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 Designers who work on shared homes say the difference usually comes down to a handful of early decisions, most of them made before a single box is unpacked. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026 That contradiction ultimately comes down to how much our country believes a disabled person is worth. — Steve Way, Time, 27 July 2026 A lot comes down to your specific pool and its condition and features, too. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 27 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes down

Verb

When your braking system is working optimally, much of the shock absorption happens in the larger posterior chain muscles of the back of your body — specifically your lower back, glutes, hamstrings and calves.

— Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
And as that happens, financing and scale begin to matter more than owning the frontier model itself.

— Amit Joshi, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of happens

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The goal is to keep more legal work in-house and use outside counsel only when there is a specific reason to do so.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
In a recent letter to the communities, CMS didn’t make any promises about a last-minute rescue and warned prices might be higher if there is an emergency allocation.

— Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026