1
as in drawing on
to come near or nearer
the girl came up to the counter and asked if she could have her order prepared to go
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2
as in arising
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly
let me know if anything else comes up during the project
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Recent Examples of coming up
That’s coming up next, after this short break.
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2026
The most important event is coming up May 2-10.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
Spring is right around the corner, which means many important religious dates are coming up.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2026
When Lorne Michaels began putting together a live Saturday night sketch show, Chase’s name kept coming up.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Part of parenting is coming up with creative ways of tackling mundane problems.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 20 Feb. 2026
My live report coming up at 3pmEST on @newsmax and with more from my, at times, tense interview with the sheriff.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Could be a good way to keep himself on his toes, before his free skate coming up?
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
For a while, things were coming up Betts.
—Claire McNear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2026
The most important event is coming up May 2-10.
—Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
Spring is right around the corner, which means many important religious dates are coming up.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2026
When Lorne Michaels began putting together a live Saturday night sketch show, Chase’s name kept coming up.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
Part of parenting is coming up with creative ways of tackling mundane problems.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 20 Feb. 2026
My live report coming up at 3pmEST on @newsmax and with more from my, at times, tense interview with the sheriff.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 19 Feb. 2026
Could be a good way to keep himself on his toes, before his free skate coming up?
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
For a while, things were coming up Betts.
—Claire McNear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming up
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With desert cities like Phoenix and Tucson bracing for their allotments of Colorado River water to be slashed dramatically, San Diego County’s water agency could for the first time sell some of its water to other states by drawing on its ample supplies from the nation’s largest desalination plant.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Watt, drawing on his own years of experience, offered more perspective.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Even with financial advisers helping Americans prepare both boomers and heirs for the largest wealth transfer in history, more disputes are arising, data show.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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The combination of weak hiring and increasing inflationary pressures arising from the war creates a nightmare for the Federal Reserve, which must decide whether to cut interest rates to help the job market or hold off to help keep a lid on prices.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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With Kyiv under heavy bombardment and Russia closing in, European leaders feared the worst.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Anthropic’s Claude has taken off in the enterprise while OpenAI’s ChatGPT has hit big with the masses, closing in on a billion users.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The gadget, called the AI Workmate, is intended to plug into business environments, recognizing users by their appearance and voice and surfacing pertinent information.—
Vlad Savov,
Bloomberg,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Smaller Revelations That Piled Up The format kept surfacing details that don’t emerge in traditional settings.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2026
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Those cuts are now baked into the base budgets for agencies, and lawmakers will vote on them in the coming weeks.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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When the scam fell apart amid regulatory and legal scrutiny late last decade, the resulting scandal rocked the nascent green energy sector, coming several years after another California firm, Solyndra, collapsed after receiving a half-billion-dollar loan guarantee from the federal government.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Beyond upgrading transitional industries, Beijing reaffirmed pledges to cultivate emerging and future sectors, including semiconductors, aerospace, biotechnology, quantum technology and embodied AI.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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As a growing memorial outside Nancy Guthrie's Tucson-area home continues to draw visitors, new questions are emerging about whether investigators are monitoring the site.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Oil storage tanks are filling up across the region, analysts say, since exports have all but stopped due to the Iranians effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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The White Bicycle Plan, created by the countercultural Provo movement in 1960s Amsterdam, proposed closing the city center to cars as part of an effort to curb pollution and improve people’s experience of public space.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Mar. 2026
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Spring is approaching, and the outdoors is starting to look inviting instead of dreary after a dark, chilly winter.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2026
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Communities have used loud sirens to warn people about approaching storms, tsunamis and tornadoes, but now some activists in Los Angeles are using sirens to warn about immigration agents.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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