come/spring/leap to mind
idiom
: to be remembered or thought of
What comes to mind when you hear his name?
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Cleaning up Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima come to mind.
—
Amir Husain, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Teams like the Yankees, Phillies, Mets and many others come to mind.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Sparse rooms, dotted with hand-hewn wood furniture, is the image that may come to mind when thinking of Swedish design.
—Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
Ian Curtis of Joy Division (RIP) and Robert Smith of The Cure (still going) come to mind as poster children of a generation of musicians who carved their own subculture out of post-Vietnam War dissolution in America.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
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Amir Husain, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Teams like the Yankees, Phillies, Mets and many others come to mind.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Sparse rooms, dotted with hand-hewn wood furniture, is the image that may come to mind when thinking of Swedish design.
—Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
Ian Curtis of Joy Division (RIP) and Robert Smith of The Cure (still going) come to mind as poster children of a generation of musicians who carved their own subculture out of post-Vietnam War dissolution in America.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Come/spring/leap to mind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%2Fspring%2Fleap%20to%20mind. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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