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as in coming
to get to a destination
when will the guests arrive?
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as in succeeding
to reach a desired level of accomplishment
the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination
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Recent Examples of arriving
Security camera video from the family's home shows a deputy, whom the family attorney identified as Jose Guzman, arriving at the Apple Valley home.
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Zach Boetto, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Due to long wait times, people began arriving at airports extremely early to try to make their flights on time, sometimes waiting in lines for multiple hours.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
The share of flights arriving at the airport that were delayed were relatively normal Tuesday and by Wednesday afternoon, according to a Chronicle review of FlightAware data.
—Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
It is planned as a two-part global release, with Part 1 arriving during Diwali 2026 and Part 2 following on Diwali 2027.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
The probe was delayed from 2022, and headed for the asteroid Psyche, using a Mars-gravity assist and not arriving until August 2029.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Microsoft told us the new Secure Boot status indicator is arriving only for Windows 10 ESU PCs.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026
That's because the monsoon rains that fed the grassland ecosystem for centuries are not arriving on schedule and with their usual gusto.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
In a news briefing before the funeral and throughout the eulogy, Sharpton was critical of Officer Joseph Magnano of the Hartford Police Department, who shot Steven Jones nine times shortly after arriving at the scene on Blue Hills Avenue in Hartford.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
Zach Boetto, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Due to long wait times, people began arriving at airports extremely early to try to make their flights on time, sometimes waiting in lines for multiple hours.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
The share of flights arriving at the airport that were delayed were relatively normal Tuesday and by Wednesday afternoon, according to a Chronicle review of FlightAware data.
—Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
It is planned as a two-part global release, with Part 1 arriving during Diwali 2026 and Part 2 following on Diwali 2027.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
The probe was delayed from 2022, and headed for the asteroid Psyche, using a Mars-gravity assist and not arriving until August 2029.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Microsoft told us the new Secure Boot status indicator is arriving only for Windows 10 ESU PCs.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026
That's because the monsoon rains that fed the grassland ecosystem for centuries are not arriving on schedule and with their usual gusto.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
In a news briefing before the funeral and throughout the eulogy, Sharpton was critical of Officer Joseph Magnano of the Hartford Police Department, who shot Steven Jones nine times shortly after arriving at the scene on Blue Hills Avenue in Hartford.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arriving
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Those are fighting words, and, in the coming days, the Pope can counter them as much through symbolic acts as through words of peace.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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Harrison, who declined to discuss his friend’s personal life, had a T-shirt made for Friday night’s vigil in Metayer’s honor at Coral Springs City Hall, one of several planned around South Florida in the coming days.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Hashem rose to the position after the 2024 war, succeeding Ali Karaki, who was killed alongside former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike that year.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Fahmy’s five-year term as secretary-general will start in July, succeeding Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who has served as Arab League chief since 2016.—
Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Last year, New York's Zohran Mamdani won his mayoral race after appearing on Piker's stream.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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In that sense, the effort to avoid appearing wrong can weaken decision-making.—
Paul Wachtel,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2026
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This results in proactive solutions and lower costs in greenery upkeep, leading to healthier and flourishing green wall installations.—
Shirl Leigh
April 03,
New Atlas,
3 Apr. 2026
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Before, scientists thought bilaterians primarily arose during the Cambrian period and were rare—certainly not diverse and flourishing—in the Ediacaran.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
2 Apr. 2026
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In the first episode’s Elimination Challenge‚ which was focused on North Carolina’s state vegetable, sweet potatoes — Cochran cooked up a pork loin in the kitchen at La Belle Helene that wasn’t quite cooked through, landing her in the bottom three competitors.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Mar. 2026
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The first-stage booster made a recovery landing on land at Canaveral’s Landing Zone 1.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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But their popularity has also fueled a thriving market for unregulated copycat versions.—
Jimmie Wilson,
Washington Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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Taken together, the discoveries paint a picture of a thriving underground world where tens of thousands of spiders have carved out an existence entirely separate from the world above, sustained by darkness and an endless buffet of flies.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Surviving automation and prospering from economic growth are two very different things.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Inside San Quentin, Evans was prospering, according to others who knew him at the prison.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Arriving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arriving. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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