COMING UP Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

coming up

verb

present participle of come up

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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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 April elections Several Grayslake trustee seats will be coming up for election in April, and Smith said the coalition has been vetting candidates. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026 Until then, scientists are coming up with creative ways to not have to rely only on the 40-year-old Voyager 2 measurements of the magnetic fields. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026 With Veterans Day coming up, residents say the allegations are especially hurtful. — Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026 Most searches now provide an AI Overview at the top, and the company is constantly coming up with new ways to nudge people toward the conversational AI Mode chatbot function. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026 Fans can buy $30 t-shirts, $27 baseball hats, and an $8 set of bumper stickers to advertise their support for the attorney general and the makeshift facility he’s credited with coming up with the idea for. — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 Ella Langley, Dandelion Once again, everything is coming up Ella Langley. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026 The team previously had announced a Doja Cat concert – scheduled the same night as Game 2 of the WNBA Finals coming up Monday – would be moved if Golden State got that far. — Jill Martin, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 But the show already had a natural stopping point coming up that would be appropriate, storytelling-wise. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming up

Verb

IPis plans a stage version alongside food events drawing on a Japanese colonial-era Taiwanese cookbook featured in the story.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026
The Information describes it as a customized platform drawing on hardware and engineering experience from three generations of Fourier robots.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of drawing on

Verb

However, the companies have not announced a specific US Navy procurement award arising from the trial.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
In an email to Space, Asphaug explained some of the issues arising from this, since current estimates place the timing of the moon's formation anywhere from around 40 to 120 million years after the formation of the solar system.

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of arising

Verb

Related Stories Much Ado, already a hit in London and closing in on its November 19 Broadway opening date, grossed $2,340,819 for the week ending November 8.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
The former Chow Food and Beverage operated in the same location for 10 years before closing in August.

— Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of closing in

Verb

The oversight itself will also serve as a means to an end, the person said, publicly surfacing information that could later materially impact a company.

— Justin Papp,Garrett Downs,Megan Cassella, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
The royal family continues to dominate headlines, with new stories surfacing every day.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of surfacing

Verb

Important this year is the image of the brilliant yellow daffodil, of which the city plans to plant 250,000 bulbs in the coming months.

— John Ramos, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
This time around, their performance arrived on the tail of North American and European legs of their Reality Awaits tour, which will bring them to Mexico, South America, and Australia in the coming months.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

The report comes days after Democrats scored sweeping midterm victories, with frustration over the cost of living emerging as a major issue for voters.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
The company recently announced three initiatives involving intelligent networking, AI energy challenges, quantum connectivity, and emerging security threats.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of emerging

Verb

The feud accelerated over the closing weeks of the campaign when Cenk Uygur’s Rebellion PAC began running the anti-Israel ad that would eventually convince Stevens to endorse Rogers.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Analysts are eager to hear more about Roku, with Fox in the midst of closing that $22 billion cash and stock acquisition announced last June.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of closing

Verb

The results are delicate and beautiful, a quiet and enduring counter to the louder creativity happening across the city.

— Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026
Similar falls are happening elsewhere and likely to accelerate as sub-Saharan Africa succumbs to the same factors that have sped fertility declines elsewhere.

— Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2026