1
as in to come
to come near or nearer
the girl came up to the counter and asked if she could have her order prepared to go
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as in to arise
to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly
let me know if anything else comes up during the project
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Recent Examples of come up
But that ultimately felt too literal, and so, Lowery came up with something a bit more fluid through various sketches and clay models.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
Schools are supposed to come up with an individualized education program (IEP) for each of them.
—Laurie Stern, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
And so why not come up with a Texas plan that serves the people of Texas?
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
The issue came up after Suzuki sent Moncada up to pinch-hit for Oswald Peraza on Friday night.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
Schools are supposed to come up with an individualized education program (IEP) for each of them.
—Laurie Stern, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
And so why not come up with a Texas plan that serves the people of Texas?
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
The issue came up after Suzuki sent Moncada up to pinch-hit for Oswald Peraza on Friday night.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come up
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Nuclear talks would come later, only after a US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is lifted.—
Jon Herskovitz,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Being selected to play on Marist’s varsity as a freshman came with a caveat for Max DeHoyos.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Such heavy loads of dust are generally thought to arise much later in cosmic history than circa 400 million years after the big bang, the epoch at which this newfound galaxy appears.—
Jenna Ahart,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2026
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Working with predominantly Latino families, Barba said the nine-week intervention, which usually consists of six to 10 community members, became a way to help people deal with fear arising from the immigration enforcement activities happening in Lake County as well as throughout the Chicago area.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Boxes with sun cards line the walls, wind-speed charts drawn on EKG paper fill the cabinets and computers store the spreadsheets where Douglas and Joly meticulously record temperature and humidity.—
Laura Martin Agudelo,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Scientists can draw on it to identify and study 100,000 exoplanets, hundreds of millions of galaxies, billions of stars, and rare objects and phenomena — including some that astronomers have never witnessed before.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Another betting scandal in sports has surfaced, this time involving two Fordham Rams men’s basketball players.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The data being stolen today could surface in four years.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Even the recycling plant has since closed.—
Mary Norris,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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But with the $110 billion megadeal yet to close, the exec has been given a new contract ahead of his current deal expiring, and one largely with agreement terms unchanged.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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Erdoğan first emerged during the post-Cold War decade of unipolar, American triumph, adopting the language of free markets, liberalism, and human rights, and stretched those politics of optimism into the brief euphoria of the Obama years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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As mental health becomes more visible and financially supported through employer programs and policy initiatives, questions may emerge around intention and alignment.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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GasBuddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan posted to X Thursday that some parts of the country are starting to approach new all-time records for gas prices.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The human cost of finding and exploiting bugs may approach zero, but fixing them won’t.—
Evan Johnson,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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Game 6 would be back at Kia Center, and a potential Game 7 would return to Detroit, where anything can happen.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Start the conversation, make your point clearly, and let the response shape what happens next instead of adjusting midstream.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Come up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20up. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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