Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopping (by)
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Some of those teams are guaranteed to have at least three losses because of head-to-head meetings coming over the season’s final month.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025 -
New York is currently undefeated at home (4-0), with their last two wins coming over the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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People were running in every direction.—
ByGuy Davies,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2026
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In a conversation with CBS News Detroit in December, Sheffield said her focus is on building an administration that can hit the ground running in her first 100 days.—
Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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When playing within their own half, United adjust into a 5-4-1 with the No 10s dropping in to better protect central midfield.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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But this year Swift has a new album dropping in just a few weeks.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Residents placed their recyclables into blue bins, and city crews picked them up once a week, coming by in separate trucks from the ones that collected the regular garbage.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Wind chills will be biting on Monday, but a big warm-up is coming by midweek.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Nov. 2025
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The singer also missed one episode of The Voice in August after her ex-husband's death, with fellow American Idol vet Jennifer Hudson stepping in as a temporary coach for season 29.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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As seasoned workers retire, the next generation is not stepping in fast enough to replace them.—
Mark Rayfield,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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But these folks keep dropping by and consuming precious time.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Standard versions are indeed cheaper than yesterday’s Premium trims, with the Model Y dropping by $5,000 and the Model 3 by $5,500.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Stopping (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopping%20%28by%29. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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