comes on

verb

present tense third-person singular of come on
as in is

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes on
  1. is
  2. arrives
  3. emerges
  4. exists
  5. lives
  6. breathes
Verb
  • The highway to get there is a single-lane road for miles and miles and miles, and there’s sagebrush all around.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
  • There is a lot riding on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech here Friday morning at the Fed’s storied annual retreat in the Tetons.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of is
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  • Once the rut arrives, deer drop their guard, but mature bucks don’t do so nearly as much as most hunters think.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
  • At Daisy Chain Fields, Rodrigo will likely face little resistance — but the show arrives in an ever more challenging time for women’s health and rights.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrives
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  • Naturally, when a legend like Dion emerges, a huge crowd of fans will form.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2026
  • That might seem like no time at all, but the corn emerges juicy, crispy, and tender and retains more of its sweetness and crunch.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of emerges
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  • There are still questions of whether that player exists in this final group.
    — Sam Warren, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Basically, the insect's biological blueprint that exists to this day.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of exists
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  • Just think of how many (fictional) lives the doctors on The Pitt could have saved in the same amount of time.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • These days, caretakers occupy the micronation, and the family lives mostly on the mainland.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of lives
Verb
  • Using the likeness of late actor Toshiro Mifune certainly helps, but there’s a lot of subtle and not-so-subtle facial work in this game that breathes life into Miyamoto Musashi, the titular Onimusha.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Everything in the country breathes; nature and even furnishings are alive, vivid under the stress of uncertainty.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of breathes
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“Comes on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes%20on. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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