as in to happen
to take place
let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting
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as in demise
a loss of status
after a rapid rise to stardom, the rock band's comedown was just as quick
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Recent Examples of come down
Avery Carl,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Umbrellas are also available at some tables for those days when the sun comes down too hard.
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Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 May 2026
Arsenal’s players might still be on a comedown from Tuesday’s title-winning celebrations and Palace, understandably, have been entirely focused on next Wednesday’s Conference League final.
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Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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Verb
If a seller won't come down on price, there's usually a comparable property a few streets over where the seller will.
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Avery Carl,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Umbrellas are also available at some tables for those days when the sun comes down too hard.
—
Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
Noun
That was still a sharp commercial comedown for a tentpole that so recently seemed invincible.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 May 2026
Arsenal’s players might still be on a comedown from Tuesday’s title-winning celebrations and Palace, understandably, have been entirely focused on next Wednesday’s Conference League final.
—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come down
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That was a normal action in football that happened by accident.
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This is the business end, and this is the stage where, in my opinion, the big players step forward and the big players carry the pressure and make things happen.
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Windows Central, however, notes that the demise of the Surface Go is not related to the RAM crunch.
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But the spirit in which the challenge was launched was admirable and rooted in the fierce competitiveness that both made the SWC fun and perpetuated its demise.
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There are nods to the environmental devastation wrought by the cattle industry that dominated Southern California in the first half of the 19th century, as well as the Faustian bargain struck by Indigenous people who converted to Catholicism.
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That match was held before the game in Kansas City, and each time Cape Verde scored, there were cheers from the Colombia supporters at Arrowhead Stadium.
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Through years of navigating the ups and downs of podcasting, Mercury Podcast Founder and CEO Liam Heffernan noticed a striking gap in the industry.
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At that point, college programs weren’t lining up to recruit a 187-pound pass rusher who hadn’t played a down of high school football.
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This pack comes with four waterproof, spacious dustbags big enough for bulky sneakers and heels alike, which flight attendants say still hold up after consistent use.
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Gakpo's teammates came onto the filed to support him and formed a circle around him, putting their arms around each other as the crowd cheered, as shown in another video shared by Fox Sports.
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That would be his downfall on Monday, too, hitting his putt a little too hard.
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The Sound and The Fury Told by four narrators in a stream of consciousness writing style, this 1929 story describes the downfall of a wealthy Southern aristocratic family, the Compsons.
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Symptoms of cyclosporiasis occur between two days and two weeks after exposure, and include frequent watery diarrhea, loss of appetite and weight, abdominal cramps and bloating, nausea and low-grade fever.
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The fatal hit-and-run occurred less than two hours after a 13-year-old boy was killed riding on the back of a moped in Queens after his friend slammed into an open car door and then careened into a moving truck.
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday delivered a major setback to ballot measures aimed at handing Democrats as many of seven of Colorado's eight Congressional seats.
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The rulings marked another setback for Democrats in a nationwide redistricting battle that could affect control of Congress.
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