Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming on
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Super Leaders not only embrace emerging technology but leverage it for both their own growth as well as the growth of their team.—
Kelly Jones,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025 -
Material World is a weekly roundup of innovations and ideas within the materials sector, covering news from emerging biomaterials and alternative leathers to sustainable substitutes and future-proof fibers.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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White South Africans, whose roots can be traced to settlers arriving under Dutch and British colonial rule, dominated the country through a system of racial segregation known as apartheid from 1948 until its abolishment in the early 1990s.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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And yes, all of the women — including Bronwyn, who’s arriving late but will still be attending despite all of the rumors and headlines about her old legal woes.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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In Akita, local authorities requested formal military assistance from Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, saying their existing measures – including box traps and bear repellent sprays – weren’t enough.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many existing models still rely on empirical methods developed several decades ago.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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The concept could pave the way for new kinds of adaptive, energy-efficient machines that move more like living organisms.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Seeing how powerful poetry could be Paniagua Guzman, the poetry project’s principal investigator, started thinking about ways poetry could help those living with dementia after visiting his grandmother in Mexico City in 2019.—
Holly J. McDede,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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But Lakdawala says the conditions on farms with infected cattle are clearly a risk for workers who are essentially breathing in H5N1 particles that are aerosolized and remain infectious.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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But after a period of terror, the big defense contractors are breathing a cautious sigh of relief.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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