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coming on

VERB

advance, progress

Synonyms

WEAK

develop gain improve increase make headway proceed

Antonyms

WEAK

decline depart deteriorate exit fall go leave reduce retreat worsen

VERB

appear, enter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

begin come across take place

WEAK

come into come upon encounter meet pass in set foot in

Antonyms

WEAK

decline depart deteriorate exit fall go leave reduce retreat worsen

Example Sentences

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Sunday’s data offered a fresh read on China’s economic health, coming on the heels of a broad-based slowdown last month that had sparked hopes for further stimulus.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

"I said: 'I'm coming on, who's coming off?' He said: 'I don't know. Got no idea what's going on.'"

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“The stories just keep coming, on and off the pitch, over and over and over again,” McElhenney said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

That has reset expectations lower ahead of the company’s first-quarter earnings report, coming on Thursday.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

The Cowboys came right back, moving fifty-eight yards in a minute to tie the score, the touchdown coming on a seventeen- yard pass from quarterback Robert Hall to flanker Marcus Grant.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger