comes back

verb

Definition of comes backnext
present tense third-person singular of come back
1
as in recovers
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness she's slowly coming back after being in a coma

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2
as in rebounds
to regain a former or normal state the American bald eagle was once nearly extinct but has come back strong

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3
as in responds
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction he came back with another one of his smart remarks

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Recent Examples of comes back Dragonfly nymphs have a lower section of their mandibles that kind of unhinges, shoots forward, grabs stuff, and comes back in again, so very much like the Alien! —Richard Edwards, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes back
  1. recovers
  2. rebounds
  3. responds
  4. snaps back
  5. replies
  6. improves
  7. rallies
  8. answers
Verb
  • Norris barely recovers to finish P9.
    — Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Altilium’s EcoCathode process recovers more than 95% of cathode metals and over 99% of graphite from battery waste.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Definition of recovers
Verb
  • Angel Reese #5 of the Chicago Sky rebounds the ball against the Connecticut Sun at Wintrust Arena on September 3, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
    — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Astral Weeks Becomes a Bestseller Again At the same time, one of Van Morrison’s oldest collections also rebounds.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Definition of rebounds
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  • The Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen) is 30% off, giving you a bedside smart display that tracks your sleep, controls lights and music, and responds to simple hand gestures without needing to touch the screen.
    — Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Trump responds to giant military parade in China.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Definition of responds
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  • For Bear, the new arrangement is great about 99 percent of the time… the only drawback is that Nikki occasionally snaps back into her old self and screams in utter terror for a few seconds, before resuming the love-bombing.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
  • After a home invasion that put his wife, Becca (Connie Nielsen) and kids Sammy (Paisley Cadorath) and Brady (Gage Monroe) in peril, Hutch snaps back to his old ways as an off-the-books government assassin and goes scorched earth on the bad guys.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of snaps back
Verb
  • The man replies with further context about her circumstances.
    — Ashley Vega, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Definition of replies
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  • At the same time, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is among those who forecast 50% of entry-level jobs may be wiped out by AI as the technology improves, including being able to work eight-hour shifts without a break.
    — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Maria’s relationship with Sylvia improves, as well as with the deputy head Sam (Jacob Anderson, completely unrecognizable from his Game of Thrones era), with whom Maria used to be in a romantic relationship.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Definition of improves
Verb
  • That keeps dilution low at the start, but if the stock rallies, the share count expands on conversion—once again, diluting investors.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Determined to prove themselves, Torrance rallies her team to create an original routine and face the Clovers in the national championships.
    — Diane J. Cho, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Definition of rallies
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  • Jesus answers the questions in Portuguese, via a translator, but his English is strong enough to understand what is being asked and to hold a conversation.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Hopefully the question answers itself.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Comes back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes%20back. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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