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comer

[kuhm-er] / ˈkʌm ər /
NOUN
one with promise
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There’s a fear that if the Chinese establish the first moon base, they will assert the advantages of a first comer to exclude later arrivals from areas with valuable resources, particularly water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Word soon got around about the comer who could improvise with the best.

From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2022

Young comer Viktor Hovland called it “a bizarre situation, that’s for sure.”

From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022

Toyota, a pioneer of hybrid electric cars but a late comer to the full EV market, plans to have a line up of 15 BEV models by 2025.

From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2021

Hawkers were at every comer, with glass-enclosed cases of akara and suya and browned chicken drumsticks, with trays of peeled oranges, with coolers the size of bathtubs full of Walls banana ice cream.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Ace the AI table-tennis player is beating all comers.

From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026

And throughout the tournament they demolished all comers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

England did superbly in seeing off all comers in that run.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026

Since then, Sora has flatlined, despite opening up to all comers and listing on the Google Play Store.

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

Blake wrassled his buddies and any other comers in a frequent spectacle, kicking up the dust, inevitably emerging the conqueror.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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