COMING BY Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

coming by

verb

present participle of come by

as in visiting

to make a brief visit come by after work and I'll give you some clothes for the rummage sale

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Relevance

as in winning

to receive as return for effort a literary award like that isn't easy to come by

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Recent Examples of coming by The Tar Heels stumbled to a 2-5 start and lost their first five games to power conference opponents, with the first three coming by an average of 29 points. — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 17 July 2026 The two recent launches give Disney a fleet of eight ships but five more are coming by 2031. — Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026 Instead, Newport said, folks mainly liked coming by and posing for pictures with them. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Garbrandt, once an undefeated bantamweight king, now holds a 15-8 record, with most losses coming by finish. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026 Looking at the people here and everybody that’s coming by, just the following. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 Traders place 64% odds on the next interest rate hike coming by July 2027. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 19 May 2026 Another woman, whose name was redacted, was living in the building and also described men coming by her apartment posing as repairmen, according to the declaration. — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 Curators, art lovers and fellow artists are coming by for studio visits and show openings, which have gained a reputation as real shindigs. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming by

Verb

Jones was only three doors from his house, visiting his neighbor, 46-year-old Jwon Martin, when Jones and Martin were murdered.

— Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
In a series of Instagram Stories on May 14, The Flip Off star expressed her love for Wisconsin after seemingly visiting for the first time.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of visiting

Verb

Baresi is regarded as an AC Milan icon, having spent his entire 20-year career with the club, winning six Serie A titles and three top European trophies, and captaining the team for 15 seasons before retiring in 1997.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
The Padres saw their five-game winning streak snapped and dropped two games behind the final NL wild-card spot.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of winning

Verb

The report said the number of requests had more than doubled from 3,656 in 2020 to 8,123 in 2025, with the largest surge coming over the last two years.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
The Celtics are still the Celtics, with a healthy Jayson Tatum, a likely better-shooting version of Derrick White and Mitchell Robinson coming over from the Knicks.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of coming over

Verb

The labor market is running in a lower gear, so income growth should continue to slow, Vanguard’s Schickling said.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
That pitch has already landed early customers like workspace platform Notion and AI customer‑service startup Decagon, where Aiden is running in production.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Definition of running in

Verb

As the Wall Street Journal reports, British fossil fuel giant Shell is reaping enormous profits thanks to spiking oil prices triggered by the conflict in Iran.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 30 July 2026
That kind of deal had been the standard procedure in recent years, with teams paying players big money early and reaping the benefits of those extra prime years before a third deal comes around.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of reaping

Verb

While the world’s oceans have generally been heating up, one patch of the Atlantic located south of Greenland has been dropping in temperature.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 June 2026
And then, her par putt on 18 – measured at 2 feet, 10 inches – spun tantalizingly around the rim of the cup before dropping in and ending the suspense.

— Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 June 2026