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 The difference between shorties and longies comes down to mass. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Some people make money, some people use the buzz to shore up a brand, and some people get their lives wrecked, but who falls into this last category comes down to bad luck more than to justice. — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Much of that comes down to, again, the randomness that's part of small sample sizes. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 So let’s suppose that the final field comes down to Olivia Dean, Noah Kahan, Ella Langley, Bruno Mars, Raye, Olivia Rodrigo, Sienna Spiro and Taylor Swift, to keep with alphabetical order for the moment. — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 There is a week every fall when the mornings sharpen, the knitwear comes down off the top shelf, and everything in your gym bag suddenly belongs to a season that has already ended. — Zoë MacKay, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 The difference rarely comes down to a single technology investment, a specific process or a particular organizational structure. — Seema Phull, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Part of the disconnect between fuel prices and airfares comes down to timing, House said. — Rio Yamat, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Even if a bill eventually passes, even if diesel comes down later this year, that won’t help the farmers harvesting crops right now. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes down

Verb

For the technology leader responsible for keeping essential services running, these details provide a basis for assessing what protections exist and what happens in an extreme scenario.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The conversational layer may be what a borrower sees, but the difficult work happens deeper in the stack, where documents, rules, calculations, decisions, and transaction states have to remain connected.

— Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of happens

Verb

Public health officials say there is no conclusive scientific evidence that supports using cat’s claw for any health purposes.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The best seats will be the cheapest There is a wide spread in the available prices for tickets to see U2 on their 2027 tour.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of is

Verb

When the sun goes down, the wind picks up in central New Mexico, whipping through arid canyons with a ghostly howl that for centuries, locals have likened to the wails of the folkloric ghost La Llorona.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
The moment that chopper goes down, the audience will be trapped right there in the yard with our heroes.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026