to come

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Definition of to comenext
as in upcoming
being soon to appear or take place The best is yet to come.

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Recent Examples of to come Today will be a hot seat to come by, with closing arguments and a potential verdict expected. — Sumiko Corley, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026 Jobs were harder to come by and the pendulum had shifted back toward employers. — Maria Colacurcio, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Trying to come closer to her lexicon and her vision, instead of rendering a smoother poem in English, was my main challenge. — Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 The latest funding is another major investment in keeping an aircraft that first entered service in the 1950s relevant for decades to come. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to come

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“To come.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/to%20come. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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