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to take place
let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting
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Recent Examples of coming down
The analysts, who raised their price target to $206 from $195 and kept their buy rating, said consumers getting tax breaks and inflation coming down should help.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026
The cobwebs are coming down, and the twinkle lights are going up!
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025
As for borrowing against home equity, lending rates have been coming down slowly.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Zane Wach and his father had ascended the peak by the Mountaineer’s Route but were reportedly coming down via the trail.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Moody, with three seconds left and a steady mist coming down, nailed a 38-yard field goal to give the Bears the 25-24 win.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers stole two games at the raucous Citizens Bank Park, with both games coming down to the wire.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The presentation embodied an alien theme, with some models wearing alien heads coming down the runway.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
And Sweet Dreams, of course, with that cow coming down the elevator into this tiny basement in SoHo.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026
The cobwebs are coming down, and the twinkle lights are going up!
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025
As for borrowing against home equity, lending rates have been coming down slowly.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Zane Wach and his father had ascended the peak by the Mountaineer’s Route but were reportedly coming down via the trail.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Moody, with three seconds left and a steady mist coming down, nailed a 38-yard field goal to give the Bears the 25-24 win.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers stole two games at the raucous Citizens Bank Park, with both games coming down to the wire.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The presentation embodied an alien theme, with some models wearing alien heads coming down the runway.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
And Sweet Dreams, of course, with that cow coming down the elevator into this tiny basement in SoHo.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming down
Verb
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Sustained, strong winds with even stronger gusts are happening.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Emotions were on full display with many expressing sadness and frustration, not only over Wednesday's federal raid, but raids happening around the Twin Cities over the last 40 days.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The way Easterwood sees it, people don’t think voting in local elections affects them as personally as what’s going on at the White House and at the state level.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Bottom line The most likely scenario moving forward has the Oilers activating Walman this weekend, with Regula possibly going on IR.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Hopefully, spark us here on home ice on this home stand, coming off two losses.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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Sullivan would take over a Dolphins franchise coming off a volatile 7-10 regular season and just after the team fired head coach Mike McDaniel as part of a broader organizational reset.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Those injury issues bled into his junior year, with the 6-foot running back going down on the first day of fall camp in late July.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Nov. 2025
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The vaccination rates for flu, measles, and tetanus are also going down.—
Phillip Reese,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The city of Southfield also made plans, but the Southfield Wildlife Commission, which made the recommendation for a deer cull in 2024, has yet to respond to CBS News Detroit's inquiry about its schedule and details for the coming year.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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My issue coming into this year was whether KU had enough scoring outside of Peterson.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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