coming off

present participle of come off

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of coming off Silva is coming off a dominant performance at UFC 314, submitting Bryce Mitchell in the second round. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025 Both teams are coming off disappointing defeats. Jim Reineking, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 The Wildcats are coming off a conference title and FCS playoff appearance, but Abilene Christian already lost to Tulsa 35-7 this season. Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025 The Eagles feature multiple All-Pro linemen, two dangerous receivers, an all-world running back and a quarterback coming off a masterful Super Bowl performance. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025 The filmmaker, who is coming off the Venice Film Festival premiere of his latest monster fantasy, Frankenstein, will be getting a 12-movie retrospective from the biggest genre film festival in the country that will showcase his three decades of bringing fantasy, dreams and nightmares to the screen. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025 If last year’s acquisition of quarterback transfer and eventual superstar Ward quickly turned Miami into a contender, Beck’s Sunday performance offered evidence that his throwing elbow was strong enough to overcome a vaunted Irish program coming off a loss to Ohio State in the national title game. Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming off
Verb
  • Killings related to domestic violence are making headlines and families and friends of the victims are speaking out in an effort to bring awareness to these incidents that are happening too frequently.
    Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Operations need help figuring out what’s happening within an environment.
    Ronak Desai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Traditional one-on-one coaching methods are having a hard time succeeding beyond top executives.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Sajet is succeeding Marcelle Polednik, who was MAM's Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director from 2016 until July of this year.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now, the walls are coming down.
    Charles Morey, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The feeling on Wall Street is that this implies higher inflation is coming down the pipeline.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Over the last five years, the Wisconsin State Patrol gave out over 1,000 tickets every year for drivers going over 100 miles per hour.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Basically, going over there and meeting him, meeting his wife, Judith Thurman was best friends with them, and was also the godmother to the son that Baldwin was godfather too.
    Fiction Non Fiction August 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Instagram is a good place to check up with Jeff Bezos’ new wife and at least get an idea of what’s going on in her life.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • After reaching the playoffs for the seventh consecutive time last year, the Braves entered this season with high hopes of getting some star players back healthy and going on a deep postseason run once again.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the memoir, Sheen blames this same testosterone cream for feeding his state of mind going into that encounter.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Pictures of Bambi going about her day with a microphone on her collar.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Research shows that new experiences—like stepping outside and encountering a new environment while working out—trigger the brain's reward system.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Things have a way of working out no matter where Stevens plays.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hood offered an olive branch to Equity last week to co-operate on the issue but Equity is instead going down the appeals route.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
  • A lot of people are making significantly more money doing their own thing than going down the traditional studio route.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Coming off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20off. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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