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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes off (as)
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That guy selling records seems pretty cool.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 June 2026 -
The mid-tournament tweak seems to be working.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
7 June 2026
Verb
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My yoga jacket looks just like this one, with a similar standup collar and zipper pockets.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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In pending cases, the court also looks likely to frustrate his attempts to curtail birthright citizenship and remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board.—
Washington Post Editorial Board,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
Verb
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But there are signs the government feels more confident of its hold over the area.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Energy markets don’t stop at state lines, so when one state rewrites the rules for major producers, every state feels it at the pump and on the power bill.—
Yaël Ossowski,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Playing music that sounds like nothing else in Western pop music, the duo has, at press time, racked up more than 15 million views on that video alone.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
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If that sounds like your kind of scare, here are eight other liminal horror films to lose yourself in.—
Irenie Forshaw,
TheWeek,
10 June 2026
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“Comes off (as).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes%20off%20%28as%29. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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