COMES ON Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

comes on

verb

present tense third-person singular of come on

as in is

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But there is no current US market segment along the lines of electric pickup smaller than a regular truck but still with room for a family of four.

— Michael Ballaban, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
The executive noted that at many busy airports, there is no room for building new terminals and hangars or extending ramp space, making acquisitions the only way to gain entry.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of is

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Knitwear made from thin, airy materials or designed with an oversized fit is ideal for providing the touch of warmth needed on cool summer nights, while also working well with extra layers when fall weather arrives.

— Natalie LaBarbera, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
But widening the aperture to focus on both the cash that arrives — operating cash flow — and what is left over paints a less-troubling long-term picture than a narrower discussion focused only on free cash flow.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of arrives

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If no winner emerges then as well, this is likely to become the first lottery prize to cross $1 billion since December 2025.

— Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The findings could provide a framework for studying how collective behavior emerges in different systems.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of emerges

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Spotify cast the move as streamlining a feature that already exists, the 15-second skip button, which users in practice often use to bypass ads.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Picturing an adorable robot, eagerly seeking to be of use, even designed to wag a mechanical tail, to riff off the idea, the proposal doesn’t sound that far-fetched, but rather a development of what already exists.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of exists

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Soon after that conversation, Miller, who lives around the corner from the school, looked out the window and saw followers on the school roof with binoculars looking back.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Stay Disciplined With SaaS Founders who ignore SaaS creep risk paying for tools their teams don’t use, duplicating functionality, and losing sight of where critical data actually lives.

— Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of lives

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The story, which here begins in the 1960s and moves to the present, becomes an inter-racial love story rooted in the fraught second half of the 20th century, and lives and breathes as such.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
The measles spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, talks, coughs or sneezes.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

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