as in happening
to take place
let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting
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Recent Examples of coming down
As for borrowing against home equity, lending rates have been coming down slowly.
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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
While some employers still rely on typical benchmarks like degrees or titles, this talent strategy has helped the Hawks close workforce gaps and prepare for the surprises coming down the court.
—Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The feeling on Wall Street is that this implies higher inflation is coming down the pipeline.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
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
While some employers still rely on typical benchmarks like degrees or titles, this talent strategy has helped the Hawks close workforce gaps and prepare for the surprises coming down the court.
—Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The feeling on Wall Street is that this implies higher inflation is coming down the pipeline.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming down
Verb
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Gossip blogs on the Housewives have become an entire cottage industry, and that’s a far more likely explanation as to why this tends to keep happening.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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What happened to us at this company is happening at another company in another sector.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 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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Jones first rose to prominence during his time as a standout at Syracuse University alongside his younger brother, fellow former NFL star Chandler Jones, from 2006 to 2009, before going on to get drafted in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Dodgers are expected to start Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who is coming off a masterful Game 2 outing.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Picture Company is coming off of the eight-time Oscar-nominated A Complete Unknown and Studiocanal’s James McAvoy-Julianne Moore thriller Control in post.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Getting a bit weird with it, going down these rabbit holes.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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And so to see this whole thing falling apart, her son going down the tubes, what's going to happen to him, her husband, lie after lie and deception after deception, on top of things that predate the show.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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For one particular part of the American economy that’s been hurting the most from the resurgent trade war with China, the agreement may be coming too late.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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There are eight Power 4 jobs available before November, and there will likely be more added to the list in the coming weeks.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Coming down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20down. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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