Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming on
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The plan worked, and within hours, the animals were seen disappearing into the dark water, and emerging further down the line, to breathe from the holes the volunteers had placed in the ice above.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025 -
The effort will boost environmentally minded independent designers, emerging talent and students in different ways with the objective being to reshape how fashion is made, produced and consumed.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
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After arriving at the residential property, a woman, who was not publicly identified, rushed toward him while carrying the limp baby in her arms.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rinna, for her part, dug into the archives, arriving in a black vintage Versace dress with cutouts on the sides.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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The club’s job is to sign the best players in the world, and decide which of Madrid’s existing ones to sell and when.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The specialists also claimed that the technology can be utilized in both the modernization of existing power units and the design of new boiler systems.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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The living room walls in Paulsen’s home are covered in framed photos of Kelly and their kids.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Through a lens of witness and empathy, the film becomes not only a portrait of resilience but also a living memorial to Fatma.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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Here, much to the amazement of onlookers, sacrificial animals such as bulls would drop dead after breathing in noxious carbon dioxide fumes swirling up from below.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Every day, 46-year-old Sharod Knox relies on his nurse and on Wanda Knox, his 69-year-old aunt, to keep him breathing and fed, to monitor his ventilator, and to handle the constant routines that make staying home possible.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Coming on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20on. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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