COMING BY Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

coming by

verb

Definition of coming by next

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 latest coming by way of Lane, who hits an and-one layup and will shoot at the free-throw line coming out of the media timeout to push the back up to eight. —

American Statesman Sports Desk, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026 That’s wins in 10 straight road outings for the Hornets, who also own the NBA’s longest current longest overall win streak at six games — with all the triumphs coming by at least 16 points. —

Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026 There are some differences in the goals Stamkos has scored, with many coming by going to the net. —

Joe Smith, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026 Tomlin won a Super Bowl and never had a losing season in 19 years as a coach but hasn’t won a playoff game in a decade, with the previous five losses coming by double digits, including a 30-6 home loss to Houston on Monday. —

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026 Residents placed their recyclables into blue bins, and city crews picked them up once a week, coming by in separate trucks from the ones that collected the regular garbage. —

Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026 Wind chills will be biting on Monday, but a big warm-up is coming by midweek. —

Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025 The Orange allowed at least 30 points in each of those losses, with their defeats in this stretch coming by 35, 13, 17 and 25 points. —

Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025 Thank you so much for coming by. —

Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025

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Numerator data shows that shoppers are visiting 23% more retailers to purchase their groceries.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
In late March, a group of Connecticut business leaders, politicians and state economic development officials filed into a meeting room at the Capitol to hear from a visiting quintet of British lawmakers.

— P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026