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 Wall Street is also coming around, with Bank of America double upgrading Salesforce to buy from sell last week. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 21 Oct. 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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  • Shares of Netflix are down 20% year-to-date on fears the streamer’s days of double-digit gains are coming to an end.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Talarico engaged in a debate with six voters from across the political spectrum, with each coming to the stage to sit down across the table from the candidate.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Coming around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20around. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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