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 And at the end of the day, Eshelman said, the tariff calculus comes down to how retailers want their core customer to perceive them. — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026 The final say comes down to general manager Ian Cunningham, coach Kevin Stefanski and offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The more than $15 billion decline in Xu’s riches also comes down to poor timing. — Dave Sebastian, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 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 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 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

The wave nature of an atom shows itself only when the atom is barely moving, which only happens when it is cooled down to nearly absolute zero.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
So, do not assume that what usually happens at your location during El Niño will happen this time.

— Steven Paton, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of happens

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While Detroit currently has enough financial wiggle room to not worry about exceeding the luxury tax, there is the NBA repeater tax levied to teams that go over the luxury tax in at least three out of four seasons.

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Then there is the issue of keeping the system in a quantum state.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026