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to take place
let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting
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Recent Examples of coming down
Oil prices have spiked sharply since the conflict started, nearing $120 a barrel on Monday, before coming down.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
Anger is coming down the pike; the Bears are hoping things will move expeditiously toward acceptance.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
The snow is really coming down in Bormio.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
And then coming down and just jacking up a dribble pull-up is not a good shot.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
The cost of launching satellites to space is coming down just as the costs of building and operating AI data centers on earth are rising.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
For more than 15 years, the Oak Park Farmers Market has spanned McClatchy Park in Sacramento on Saturdays, and the market’s tents are now permanently coming down.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026
The cobwebs are coming down, and the twinkle lights are going up!
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025
Zane Wach and his father had ascended the peak by the Mountaineer’s Route but were reportedly coming down via the trail.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
Anger is coming down the pike; the Bears are hoping things will move expeditiously toward acceptance.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
The snow is really coming down in Bormio.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
And then coming down and just jacking up a dribble pull-up is not a good shot.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
The cost of launching satellites to space is coming down just as the costs of building and operating AI data centers on earth are rising.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
For more than 15 years, the Oak Park Farmers Market has spanned McClatchy Park in Sacramento on Saturdays, and the market’s tents are now permanently coming down.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026
The cobwebs are coming down, and the twinkle lights are going up!
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025
Zane Wach and his father had ascended the peak by the Mountaineer’s Route but were reportedly coming down via the trail.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming down
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More open conversations about menopause and the period leading up to it — called perimenopause — are happening at the same time that marketing has been supercharged by social media.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Not enough actual deportations were happening.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Such a sequence occurred even sooner last Sunday against the Raptors, who trailed by six points midway through the first quarter before going on a 31-0 run to flip the contest in their favor and hand Orlando its largest loss in franchise history (52 points).—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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Reece also pled guilty in Brazoria County, Texas, to the murders of 17-year-old Jessica Cain and 20-year-old Kelli Cox, a student at the University of North Texas in Denton, who disappeared on July 15, 1997, after going on a class field trip.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Gore relied on his changeup and fastball to do a lot of his damage, with eight of his nine strikeouts coming off those two pitches.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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Airport employees are coming off of weeks of stress as TSA agents were left unpaid during a partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Why, then, are apartment rents going down in many cities?—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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The likelihood of Ritchie being in the rotation by the end of this month may not as be as high, even with Joey Wentz going down with a torn ACL on Tuesday and two other pitchers already on the shelf.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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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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