as in appearances
the act of coming upon a scene
spring's late arrival meant we were still skiing in mid-April the groom blamed his belated arrival for the wedding on a huge traffic snarl
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Recent Examples of arrivals
Mounted officers and sniffer dogs patrolled the streets near Windsor and Eton Central railway station, monitoring arrivals and maintaining security around the historic town.
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Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
shane Croucher
jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Hubbard has been the focal point of the offense over the past two seasons, pre-dating the arrivals of Canales and Idzik.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Airports are usually designed with different lanes (sometimes on two floors) for arrivals and departures but the best approach for taxis is to do both at once, something apps allow but old taxi lines did not.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
International arrivals to the United States were down 3% year over year as of June, according to the National Travel and Tourism Office.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
The separate international arrivals terminal cannot process departures, Dranzik said.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Among the arrivals is Paolo Campinoti, principal of the Prima Pramac team, with whom world champion Jorge Martín clinched the premier-class title in 2024.
—Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
But this always left the undesirable areas to the new arrivals.
—Jack Hargreaves, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
Set in Fiji, the Islanders will navigate dating, eliminations, recoupling and dramatic arrivals, in addition to new team and couples’ challenges.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
shane Croucher
jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Hubbard has been the focal point of the offense over the past two seasons, pre-dating the arrivals of Canales and Idzik.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Airports are usually designed with different lanes (sometimes on two floors) for arrivals and departures but the best approach for taxis is to do both at once, something apps allow but old taxi lines did not.
—Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
International arrivals to the United States were down 3% year over year as of June, according to the National Travel and Tourism Office.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
The separate international arrivals terminal cannot process departures, Dranzik said.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Among the arrivals is Paolo Campinoti, principal of the Prima Pramac team, with whom world champion Jorge Martín clinched the premier-class title in 2024.
—Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
But this always left the undesirable areas to the new arrivals.
—Jack Hargreaves, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
Set in Fiji, the Islanders will navigate dating, eliminations, recoupling and dramatic arrivals, in addition to new team and couples’ challenges.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrivals
appearances
Noun
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In 590 plate appearances, Jung Hoo Lee has hit eight long balls, tallied 52 RBIs and scored 71 runs.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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There are 64 players who have had at least 30 plate appearances against Kershaw in the regular season.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Arrivals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrivals. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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