as in putting out
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1
as in proving
to come to be
in the end everything came out OK
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2
as in appearing
to come into view
come out, come out wherever you are!
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as in spreading
to become known
when the truth came out about the state of the company's finances, several top executives lost their jobs
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Recent Examples of coming out
Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
After coming out of retirement ahead of the 2024 season, Lindsey Vonn, 41, has qualified for her fifth Olympics and her first since Pyeongchang 2018.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Jay Woods, chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, said traders’ heads on the floor are moving fast as the week begins with a ton of headline risk coming out of Washington.
—John Melloy, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
Yeah, and this could easily be the biggest story coming out of Tuesday night.
—ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
The Patriots’ defense has been strong coming out of the locker room at halftime, so head coach Mike Vrabel has been pushing the team to replicate that energy to begin the game.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Unlike Snell, who continued to struggle before coming out in the sixth, Yamamoto got better – much better – as the evening wore on.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 26 Oct. 2025
The news coming out of Dominica is much more opaque, filtering largely through local reports since both the defense and prosecution have yet to respond to Rolling Stone for comment.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Boos are coming out from the Empower Field crowd after Marvin Mims gets dropped for a loss.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
While on the ground, video shows an officer coming out of the struggle holding a gun, which looks like the picture of the gun released by the Department of Homeland Security.
—Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
After coming out of retirement ahead of the 2024 season, Lindsey Vonn, 41, has qualified for her fifth Olympics and her first since Pyeongchang 2018.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Jay Woods, chief market strategist at Freedom Capital Markets, said traders’ heads on the floor are moving fast as the week begins with a ton of headline risk coming out of Washington.
—John Melloy, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
Yeah, and this could easily be the biggest story coming out of Tuesday night.
—ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
The Patriots’ defense has been strong coming out of the locker room at halftime, so head coach Mike Vrabel has been pushing the team to replicate that energy to begin the game.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Unlike Snell, who continued to struggle before coming out in the sixth, Yamamoto got better – much better – as the evening wore on.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 26 Oct. 2025
The news coming out of Dominica is much more opaque, filtering largely through local reports since both the defense and prosecution have yet to respond to Rolling Stone for comment.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Boos are coming out from the Empower Field crowd after Marvin Mims gets dropped for a loss.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming out
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Several New Jersey school districts are planning to welcome students back on Tuesday, but some places, like Jersey City, have been forced to cancel classes for a second day due to the clean-up after the snowstorm proving to be a daunting task.—
Andrew Ramos,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Elsewhere, the performance has been two-pronged, with Asia and the Middle East proving a boon for bigger players but less representative and underexplored for SMEs.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The banana-loving blobs have already been trotted out to advertise the Games, appearing in a spot with Team USA snowboarding gold medalist Chloe Kim.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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These limitations have become more visible as drone swarms grow more advanced and coordinated, often appearing alongside cruise missiles and other threats.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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And since leaving prison in early January, the preacher has wasted no time in spreading his gospel in a tranche of new songs published on his social media platforms.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Advocates and medical experts warn that a highly contagious disease spreading inside a crowded facility housing young children — some already medically vulnerable — poses an acute public-health risk.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 2026
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This $90 million investment will enable large-scale production of V-BATs in India to serve the needs of the Indian Armed Forces and also function as a global production hub, as per the release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Feb. 2026
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The Patriots’ defensive production is also excellent, and names such as nose tackle Khyiris Tonga, linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson and safety Craig Woodson (a rookie from Cal) wouldn’t be under the radar any longer with a seventh Lombardi trophy for the franchise.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Within six weeks, Costa had left, falling out with the club’s hierarchy about transfers.—
Adam Leventhal,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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That means long-standing favorites—yes, even predictable quartz slabs—are falling out of favor.—
Lauren Jones,
Southern Living,
31 Jan. 2026
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The unfolding Jeffrey Epstein saga has galvanized the public for the breadth of its revelations into elite power, from the financial to the political, the cultural to the sociological.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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The unfolding catastrophe has long been clear to the people who run Ukraine’s energy sector.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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The lawsuit claims Saint Ann’s leadership was alerted twice in early 2024 that explicit images of young girls were circulating among students on Snapchat but failed to notify police or intervene beyond internal meetings.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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Much of the same prevention principles apply to other circulating winter respiratory illnesses, such as COVID-19 and RSV.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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The paper is part of the beginnings of a small renaissance in California news publishing, inspired in part by years of internal turmoil at the Los Angeles Times.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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By the end of 2023, the IPS had changed from a nonprofit to a hybrid model, allowing for the organization to sell its academic offerings while still maintaining a residency, publishing, and public programs as a nonprofit.—
Catherine Taft,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Coming out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20out. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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