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Definition of goesnext
present tense third-person singular of go
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as in suffices
to be fitting or proper at Mardi Gras, just about anything goes

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as in leads
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction the highway goes right along the river

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as in becomes
to eventually have as a state or quality she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop the room went dark

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as in belongs
to have or be in a usual or proper place these plates go in this cabinet

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as in varies
to occur within a continuous range of variation selling prices for houses in that neighborhood generally go between one and two million

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as in puts
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round

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goes

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noun

plural of go

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Recent Examples of goes
Verb
And using an Enterprise Brain would assist as well with a memory that goes across the company. Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 The financial transaction is complete, the tax benefit is secured, and the question of where the money actually goes slides quietly to the bottom of the to-do list. Nick Allardice, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026 Power availability, financing, and construction capacity will determine how far the project ultimately goes. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026 But if this season goes well, Liverpool will have the chance to buy a player with one year of useful Premier League experience added to his Wikipedia page for a decent fee next summer. Gregg Evans, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Stuart goes outside and notices the front porch welcome mat is trying to communicate with him. Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026 There are a few ways these stars can get kicked up to these speeds, but one is to orbit a star that goes supernova. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026 This goes way beyond the fact Trump is the only president found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and liable for fraudulently inflating the value of his assets to defraud banks and insurers. Max Taves, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 The judge also notified him of the possibility of consecutive sentences if the state case goes ahead and he’s found guilty. Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
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The first phase of the railway that the Colorado Connector (CoCo) will make trips on goes from Denver up to Boulder, on to Fort Collins. Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 14 July 2026 Does this mean those pop-goes-punk comp albums are coming back? Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026 Except then there’s the chance of being FUNNELED, placed on the rails and headed for a very specific destination, instead of the OPEN-WORLD anything-goes of traditional D&D. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026 The we-might-all-die-if-this-special-effect-goes-wrong stuff. Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026 Choose from 21 colors, from goes-with-everything black to standout prints and textures, including holiday-ready velvet or sequins. Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026 Meanwhile, Weaver reminded us of the coat’s versatility while wearing a goes-with-everything matte black version. Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025 Like, main-character-walks-in-and-the-crowd-goes-silent energy. Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025 These nation-wide country-goes-city celebrations of agricultural bounty, mechanical innovations and skilled handcrafts have been drawing crowds since the first fair was held in upstate New York in 1841. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goes
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  • Bruce’s family, including Moore and his wife Emma Heming Willis, continue to care for him as his condition progresses.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026
  • We are given a glimpse of events and then drawn into a deeper understanding of them as the story progresses.
    Deborah Johnson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • The first journey departs on October 22, 2026, and fares start at $23,000.
    Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The new Montezooma coaster train departs from a rethemed station that has been reimagined as an architectural cousin of the Mayan stone temple housing the Jaguar coaster next door.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2026
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  • Simply continuing your current savings strategy or leaving funds in a traditional savings account no longer suffices.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • But why buy brand new items when an old pillowcase suffices?
    Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
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  • That corresponds with the city’s overall vacancy rate plummeting to its lowest point in nearly 60 years.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
  • At the center of the bipartisan legislation is NIL, short for name, image and likeness, which corresponds to a student athlete’s ability to use their personal brand to make money.
    Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
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  • The Democrat leads Republican challenger Mike Collins in every major public poll, holds a massive fundraising advantage and is now trying to peel away GOP voters.
    Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Unassuming in her affect and understated in her dress, with a shaggy blond bob, Marta greets me warmly and leads me from the basement parking area through an indoor landscape of light.
    Gaby Wood, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • Individual choices look unremarkable, but across enough text, the pattern becomes detectable.
    Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The era of ultracheap government borrowing is over, and as servicing public-sector debt becomes ever more expensive, governments will have fewer and fewer resources to respond to macroeconomic shocks.
    Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • Hermione, overcome with grief from the sudden death of her other son, collapses and dies offstage.
    Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Perhaps even Daeron, who in the book dies ignobly early in the battle, either by a random one of Addam’s soldiers or when his burning pavilion collapses on him.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
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  • Users already use it to write profiles and draft messages, Sharabi said, which forces dating companies to decide how much of it belongs inside their products.
    Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But unlike Brief History, which includes gay characters but mostly isn’t about them, The Disappearers also belongs with those earlier chronicles of gay America that Jordan and Eddy name-check, especially John Rechy’s The Sexual Outlaw.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Goes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goes. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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