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 A lot of it comes down to the filmmaker and what ends up coming my way. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 To his right the Sacramento River comes down brown and heavy from the north. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Yet with massive gaps in battery life, materials, and off-grid durability, choosing between them comes down to a few critical trade-offs. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026 What Actually Separates The Two Groups The divide comes down to whether profitability was designed in or bolted on. — Serhii Zakharov, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Roach believes the perfect lead hook comes down to the timing. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 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

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This is barely a description of what actually happens, but more of an understanding of what lies beneath the surface of the plot, the emotional core of the adventure at hand, maybe even what critics sometimes call the driving force of a novel.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
If that happens, the workaround would be to do the transfers farther away — taking more time and running up even bigger bills.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

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On-site, there is a 24-hour gym, with complementary rooftop yoga offered on Saturday mornings, weather permitting.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
But despite years of diplomatic efforts there is no sign of a breakthrough in ending a war that has had repercussions for the global food and energy supply, as well as severely straining relations between Russia and Western countries.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026