1
: immediately due in sequence or development
in the coming year
2
: gaining importance
the coming trend
Examples of coming in a Sentence
Noun
the coming of the children meant we could finally get the party started
Adjective
The company has many plans for the coming year.
An official announcement will be made in the coming days.
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Penn State’s Tyler Warren looks like the second coming of Dallas Clark.
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Sara Fischer, Axios, 23 Feb. 2025
Mass corporate bankruptcies are now no longer out of the question in coming months.
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Noun
And now with the second coming of Donald Trump, the quote of our film is very important again.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Penn State’s Tyler Warren looks like the second coming of Dallas Clark.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
The split will force MSNBC to build up some of its own reporting and newsgathering infrastructure, especially in Washington D.C., where Kutler is expected to announce a new Washington Bureau for the network in coming months.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 23 Feb. 2025
Mass corporate bankruptcies are now no longer out of the question in coming months.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coming. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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