COMING ON Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

coming on

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present participle of come on

as in emerging

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The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), the market of the Busan International Film Festival, will present InnoAsia 2026, its program built around the intersection of film and emerging technology.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
InnoAsia aims to connect storytelling with emerging technologies, including AI and the rapidly growing microdrama ecosystem.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

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By August 8, some fans spotted that EasyJet had added a flight arriving mid-afternoon on the day of the match, returning to the UK on Friday evening and posted the details on social media.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
This is not an unfamiliar setting for Foster, 44, who was a math teacher in Ghana before making the perilous journey through the Sahel toward Libya, and then across the Mediterranean into Italy, finally arriving in Spain.

— Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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Retain the aspirational quality of existing real estate shows by offering viewers a window into rarefied global properties but omit the prospective buyers, deals and agent squabbling, and emphasize authenticity instead.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Beer, cars, dairy and a long list of other Canadian imports were hit with a 50% tariff Saturday morning in addition to existing taxes on Canadian steel, aluminum and lumber.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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The projections can take whatever physical form a ring-bearer wills, and some powerful Lanterns have conjured the shapes of living beings, though sentience is another matter.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
It is beamed into living rooms via satellite dishes, which millions of Iranians use to skirt the government’s media censorship.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

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