coming back

verb

present participle of come back
1
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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2
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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3
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 Losing to the Tampa Bay Bucs starting an undrafted rookie quarterback was awful, and gagging the home game in overtime to the Awful Arizona Cardinals was worse; coming back in the fourth quarter to beat the Colts is almost just as bad. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2026 Your parents’ Republican Party isn’t coming back, columnist Jackie Calmes writes. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026 Without Toney, the Hurricanes’ offense started slowly before picking up in the second half and nearly coming back to tie the game in the eventual loss. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026 But Florida’s Halloween nightmare keeps coming back wearing a red visor, flashing that devilish smirk and getting the last laugh. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2026 Because we’re already used taking it lightly, looking away, following faces, then coming back for more. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026 Watkins is coming back from an ACL injury that sidelined her for all of last season. — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026 And President Obama coming back out helps turn out Republicans, true. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 In yet another Instagram post, Mendes took some credit for the band coming back. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming back
  1. recovering
  2. rebounding
  3. responding
  4. improving
  5. replying
  6. healing
  7. answering
  8. coming to
Verb
  • However, recovering their constituent materials at the required purity for reuse is technically challenging.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Osment plays a recovering alcoholic and social media influencer, with Kotcheff as Francis, who has abandoned her Amish community for Osment’s character, and Leder as the agoraphobic and heavily pregnant wannabe-actress Lillie.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of recovering
Verb
  • This effort resulted in populations of bilbies and other native marsupials rebounding.
    — Chris Elphick, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Meadow Roland grabbed a game-high nine rebounds for the Lady Rebels, who finished with a 40-35 rebounding advantage.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of rebounding
Verb
  • In video interviews in general, some red flags might include the person moving unusually slowly or not responding to one of your questions, or their visual skipping a beat, Garber says.
    — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • What strengthens trust is understanding how the organization is responding and what those lessons mean going forward.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of responding
Verb
  • Jason Watson, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of Strategic Reentry Programs, described testing as essential to improving reliability.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Serve the easy meal, use the good blanket, and let a pleasure count without improving it.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of improving
Verb
  • Musk was replying to a post on X by Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder of Social Capital, who laid out his views on the state of the data center buildout.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • As supporters and detractors debated, Hall’s partner began replying to online comments.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of replying
Verb
  • To defend us all from a health care system more interested in monetizing our illness than healing our bodies and minds.
    — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • But in the late 1800s, the city’s draw was healing mineral springs, not IPAs, which is why George Vanderbilt built his lavish 250-room French Renaissance chateau here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of healing
Verb
  • The new findings provide another route toward answering it, but much of the biology remains unexplored.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • There’s also a big thread on the Race-Dezert forum where the man behind this mission is answering questions from the off-road community.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of answering
Verb
  • The extension will make travel easier for both patients receiving care in the medical district as well as employees coming to the area’s rapidly expanding hospitals, such as upgrades to the JPS campus and Cook Children’s.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Xi has championed anti-corruption since coming to power in 2012, and has sustained a crackdown on officials going for more than a decade.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of coming to

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“Coming back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20back. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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