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
Mighty Bay has tears in his eyes from laughing so hard at the funky drum machine beats of Keith LeBlanc’s Major Malfunction, coming around to it by the final track.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
The group runs through rapid-fire questions about what stood out and what is coming around the corner after four concentrated days on the Croisette talking business and international distribution.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
And friends started coming around.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
No cause for alarm, just weird to see these records with October coming around the corner.
—Tyler Palmateer, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
The ritual floats on, coming around each summer like the willow warbler or the common cuckoo.
—Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Though the relationship has been serious, family tensions have kept her sister from coming around.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025
The group runs through rapid-fire questions about what stood out and what is coming around the corner after four concentrated days on the Croisette talking business and international distribution.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
And friends started coming around.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
No cause for alarm, just weird to see these records with October coming around the corner.
—Tyler Palmateer, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
The ritual floats on, coming around each summer like the willow warbler or the common cuckoo.
—Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Though the relationship has been serious, family tensions have kept her sister from coming around.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming around
coming to
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The squad were close to previous manager Nuno Espirito Santo and have been coming to terms with his departure.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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None of this means the era of massive, trillion-parameter models is coming to an end.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Coming around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20around. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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