coming around

present participle of come around
as in coming to
to gain consciousness again she came around surprisingly quickly after falling off the horse

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Recent Examples of coming around Microsoft’s turnaround gains credibility Wall Street is coming around to our view that Microsoft has turned a corner. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026 After being criticized for coming around too slowly to the transfer portal, Swinney added 15 transfers this offseason. — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Dominic Canzone, Julio Rodríguez, Raleigh, Crawford and Josh Naylor recorded base hits, with Canzone and Rodríguez coming around to score. — CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026 The wheel went over in 2023 and the ship is already coming around, whatever the water beside the hull looks like. — Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Investigators determined that the driver of the 18-wheeler was attempting to turn left out of a store parking lot onto Avenue E as a motorcycle traveling eastbound was coming around a curve in the road, police said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 July 2026 Campusano drove in a run with his single in the third, an inning after walking and coming around to score yesterday. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026 Even the hard-line Ecologists party is coming around to the fact that AC is now a necessity, with the party’s head, Marine Tondelier, saying hospitals and schools should be equipped with cooling systems. — Jessica Roy, Curbed, 29 June 2026 Li’s enjoyably dynamic heroine, constantly planning three steps ahead to charm her way into a crucial meeting with Christopher or shake off a ruthless fixer (Lee Jae-yoon), ensures there’s always another big plot turn coming around the bend. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming around
coming to
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  • Also on the calendar this month is a preview of a new restaurant coming to Midtown, a drag brunch celebrating Atlanta Pride and a conversation about bacon.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • One of modern rock’s most promising bands is coming to the University of Kansas to help launch the return of a once-historic campus event.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Coming around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20around. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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