come across
verb
came across; come across; coming across; comes across
1
: to give over or furnish something demanded
especially
: to pay over money
2
: to produce an impression
comes across as a good speaker
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Paleontologists came across its footprints in winter 2020 at the Longxiang tracksite in China.
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Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
The going can get a bit heavy when Stiglitz is explaining some tricky economic concepts, but his essential argument comes across very clearly.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
That’s when his now-managers came across his music online – almost exclusively covers at that time – reached out to him and suggested Barber leave Missouri and move to Montana where they are based to pursue a musical career.
—Dan Hyman, SPIN, 24 Apr. 2024
But after a few potential plant locations fell through, the couple came across an available space in a new multi-purpose development called San Felasco Tech City that was powered by solar energy and boasted one of the largest arrays of bifacial solar panels in the world.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Hours later, officers came across Confesor on Linda Vista Road, less than two miles from the Wellington Street home.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024
Without the dark, threatening corners, this Oz comes across more like a playground than a coming-of-age purgatory (the last wicked witch standing, Betts’ Evillene, registers as mildly menacing and is defeated with a small splash).
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Leo Leo moons come across as boisterous, proud and a bit dramatic at times.
—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
Her second red stamp came across House Bill 2570, or the Arizona Starter Homes Act.
—Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
The going can get a bit heavy when Stiglitz is explaining some tricky economic concepts, but his essential argument comes across very clearly.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
That’s when his now-managers came across his music online – almost exclusively covers at that time – reached out to him and suggested Barber leave Missouri and move to Montana where they are based to pursue a musical career.
—Dan Hyman, SPIN, 24 Apr. 2024
But after a few potential plant locations fell through, the couple came across an available space in a new multi-purpose development called San Felasco Tech City that was powered by solar energy and boasted one of the largest arrays of bifacial solar panels in the world.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Hours later, officers came across Confesor on Linda Vista Road, less than two miles from the Wellington Street home.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024
Without the dark, threatening corners, this Oz comes across more like a playground than a coming-of-age purgatory (the last wicked witch standing, Betts’ Evillene, registers as mildly menacing and is defeated with a small splash).
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Leo Leo moons come across as boisterous, proud and a bit dramatic at times.
—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
Her second red stamp came across House Bill 2570, or the Arizona Starter Homes Act.
—Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Come across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20across. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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