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let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting
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Recent Examples of comes down
Salah aside, a lot comes down to selection decisions.
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Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
As Redick likes to put it, the effectiveness of a pick and roll comes down to both parties – the ball-handler and screen setter – doing their jobs.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
So, deciding when and whether to get on HRT still comes down to a personal cost-benefit analysis.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Oct. 2025
Cutting flowers from your garden comes down to cutting at precisely the right time of day for the best results.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Building the next Spotify Momentum – and the ability to constantly iterate – often comes down to bagging cash to scale.
—Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Two paths to scale The fundamental difference between DAC approaches comes down to the chemical agent used to capture CO2.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
The difference between a calm travel day and a stressful one often comes down to what's packed in my carry-on bag.
—Gabriela Garcia, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
There's an element of that that really comes down to partnering with our system partners to, again, incorporate those value elements into the physician compensation model so that those physicians can change their behaviors.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Andy Jones, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
As Redick likes to put it, the effectiveness of a pick and roll comes down to both parties – the ball-handler and screen setter – doing their jobs.
—Khobi Price, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
So, deciding when and whether to get on HRT still comes down to a personal cost-benefit analysis.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Oct. 2025
Cutting flowers from your garden comes down to cutting at precisely the right time of day for the best results.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Building the next Spotify Momentum – and the ability to constantly iterate – often comes down to bagging cash to scale.
—Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Two paths to scale The fundamental difference between DAC approaches comes down to the chemical agent used to capture CO2.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
The difference between a calm travel day and a stressful one often comes down to what's packed in my carry-on bag.
—Gabriela Garcia, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
There's an element of that that really comes down to partnering with our system partners to, again, incorporate those value elements into the physician compensation model so that those physicians can change their behaviors.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes down
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So what happens if your flight is affected?—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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When this happens, visibilities frequently drop to one-quarter of a mile or less.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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There is a road closure at West 135th Street and US-69 South.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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Once there is a final design, the city will be able to seek grants and other funding for the project.—
Amir Mahmoud,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Another goes down a taboo road into the darkest of paraphilias.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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But the 39-point advantage also goes down as the Heat’s biggest halftime lead in franchise history, surpassing a 34-point halftime lead against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 29, 2024.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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