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as in recovering
to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness
she's slowly coming back after being in a coma
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as in bouncing (back)
to regain a former or normal state
the American bald eagle was once nearly extinct but has come back strong
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as in responding
to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
he came back with another one of his smart remarks
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Recent Examples of coming back
Because his mommy isn't coming back.
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Rina Nakano, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Or the way that coming back is the best way to move forward.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Thank you so much for coming back on The Excerpt.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Their return could be huge for quarterback Jayden Maiava, who is also coming back next season.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Worrying about finding a bathroom, coping with abdominal pain, and apprehension about symptoms starting or coming back all cause stress.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2026
LaValle admits that coming back and forth from the hospital so many times has been tough on her family.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Sandor moved to Colorado in 1995 before coming back to Los Angeles in 2003, eventually relocating to San Diego in 2017 to be closer to her daughter’s family.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
This green bean side has a heartiness that will keep family coming back for seconds.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
Rina Nakano, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Or the way that coming back is the best way to move forward.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Thank you so much for coming back on The Excerpt.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Their return could be huge for quarterback Jayden Maiava, who is also coming back next season.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Worrying about finding a bathroom, coping with abdominal pain, and apprehension about symptoms starting or coming back all cause stress.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2026
LaValle admits that coming back and forth from the hospital so many times has been tough on her family.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Sandor moved to Colorado in 1995 before coming back to Los Angeles in 2003, eventually relocating to San Diego in 2017 to be closer to her daughter’s family.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
This green bean side has a heartiness that will keep family coming back for seconds.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming back
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The pit bull was recovering as of Thursday.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The priority became recovering the bodies and the personal belongings and returning them to their families while gathering evidence for crash investigators.—
Gary Fields,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Officers responding to reports of gunfire later found a man suffering from gunshot wounds behind an apartment complex.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The reason for that is likely that the person who’s not responding to the medications has a different type of obesity that needs a different form of treatment, a medication that targets a different mechanism, a different biology.—
Jessica Firger,
SELF,
29 Jan. 2026
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The organization is also tasked with improving coordination between government agencies and other stakeholders.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Meantime road crews have been working nonstop since Sunday and conditions were improving Monday night, but drivers are still being urged to stay off the roads and travel cautiously as snow continues to fall.—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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While rebounding kept the Horned Frogs in the game early, the offense finally picked up until the mistakes piled up down the stretch.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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Veteran forwards Thomas Haugh and Alex Condon each had 21 points and the Gators finished with a 56-35 rebounding edge, including 12 by Haugh and 11 by 7-foot-1 Micah Handlogten off the bench.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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Two years ago, Duplicki, an avid runner from the Philadelphia suburb of Lansdale, became Dobbs’ guide after replying to a message on a local Facebook runners’ group.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2026
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The mom of eight shared more happy news in the comments, replying to fans who shared their well wishes.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Keep it to a minimum so the tree can focus on its foliage rather than healing its wounds.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2026
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People have begun to donate food and water, and the community supports each other, especially protesters who have healing professions like therapists, Stauffer said.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Rho-alpha trains through a combination of physical robot demonstrations, simulated tasks, and large-scale visual question-answering data.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Jan. 2026
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In a recent court filing, Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson’s staff said a witness who claimed Tran coached her testimony in a 2016 murder trial in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars has apparently moved out of her apartment and is no longer answering prosecutors’ calls.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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What about wealth management and the prospect of trillions in retail money, potentially from retirement accounts, coming to the rescue?—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana seeks to preserve that heritage, capturing the raw intensity and intimate, improvised interplay of the performers in Tablao Flamenco, coming to Dallas as part of the TITAS/Dance Unbound series.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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