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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
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The Angels’ Leon (Daddy Wags) Wagner goes 3-for-4 with his 28th homer, but is twice thrown out on the bases by a Cleveland outfielder. Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Taking a giant leap of faith into the unknown to see where life goes. Chris Arnold, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 Sure, Amazon’s Prime Video made off with the Thursday Night Football package—$11 billion still goes a long way, especially when the property in question no longer had any appeal to the previous TV rights holders. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026 If LRMs can supercharge mathematics research the way AlphaFold did for computational biology, this line of thinking goes, why not embrace them, idiosyncrasies and all, and just verify the results? John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026 Where your sleep data actually goes Here is the part the box does not advertise. Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026 Just a little goes a long way with these picks, so snag mini bottles to discover what deserves real estate in your vanity. Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 25 July 2026 Chris Dowling’s film is earnest in its attempt to extract specifically Christian life lessons from a familiar tale of manchildren forced into growing up, and goes pretty light on the Bible-bashing relative to others in its cinematic church. Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 July 2026 If this year goes the way the past two have gone, Winter Park would likely make the Open 8, instead of being favored to win another state title. Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 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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  • Eventually, the relationship progresses to more sophisticated items.
    Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Although vendors at the various farmers markets are often under tents or canopies, those can collect heat as the day progresses.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
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  • Arch Manning is the main character in Austin, but five-star freshman Dia Bell is a worthy subplot to follow because he is expected to take over when Manning departs.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • Book a flight that departs earlier in the day, when delays haven't had time to pile up.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 25 July 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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  • This sentiment corresponds to many employees in workplace environments with no clear connection of how their work contributes to the organization’s mission.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • This corresponds with property taxes of just over $3,000 annually.
    Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
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  • Chopping up their parents and teachers has never been so much fun as these kids take command gleefully and with joy as the ice cream man (actor Ari Millen in a dialogue-less performance) leads the band.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
  • More serious and rare than postpartum depression, psychosis leads patients to struggle with their perceptions of reality.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
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  • That all plays into the feeling that the power balance in the region is shifting, especially as China becomes more dominant.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • These incidents have highlighted the vulnerabilities in AI security and control and raised questions over how AI can be safely under human control as the technology’s usage becomes more widespread globally.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
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  • The balls are coated in panko breadcrumbs, then fried until the golden shell just holds together, and collapses with the first bite.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Bishan Singh refuses to cross the border, lets out a cry, and collapses on the strip of land belonging to neither country.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
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  • Disputes accumulate on talk pages over phrasing, sourcing, whether a subject belongs at all, with many never resolving.
    Carson Griffith, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • Until the meters speak, the million-barrel sentence belongs in quotation marks.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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“Goes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goes. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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