1
as in to come
to get to a destination
when will the guests arrive?
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2
as in to succeed
to reach a desired level of accomplishment
the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination
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as in comer
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Recent Examples of arrive
Ashley Vega, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Bring your own basket and arrive at the check-in booth 10 minutes before the start of your age category.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
Everything’s got to be moved before pressure (arrives), and that pressure’s just a little bit faster than normal.
—Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Verb
But, on the night of the dinner, Laura arrived with her daughter.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Bring your own basket and arrive at the check-in booth 10 minutes before the start of your age category.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
However, if a late frost arrives, the foliage and the blooms can be damaged and unable to recover.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
Everything’s got to be moved before pressure (arrives), and that pressure’s just a little bit faster than normal.
—Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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For Drake to succeed as a public figure suing for defamation, he’s required to show that a knowingly false statement was communicated as a statement of fact.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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Over the past four years, President Ronald Reagan and his national security team have succeeded in rewriting the context of the defense debate.—
Richard Stubbing,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Among brands delivering the highest average retail values, Toyota beats all comers with first-place finishes in seven out of 25 categories, while the company’s Lexus likewise leads all luxury brands with six segment winners.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Topping all comers with 12.4 million viewers, CBS’ coverage of Game 7 of the 1971 Stanley Cup Final between Montreal and Chicago was seen in 21% of all U.S. TV households.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Khalil is due to appear before an immigration judge for a removal proceeding on April 8.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Based in Los Angeles, his articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Harvard Business Review, Esquire and on National Public Radio.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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What separates thriving marriages from struggling ones isn’t the absence of difficulty, but the willingness to face hard truths and work through them together.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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There’s a set of plastic planters that look like ceramic pots, each with a drainage hole and saucer to keep your container gardens thriving.—
Melanie Fincher,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Louis Vuitton’s watchmaking division, headed by Jean Arnault, has picked up on this phenomenon, and not only teamed up (twice now) with independent watchmakers on collaborative limited editions, but holds a biennial design competition to bring recognition to these superstar upstarts of watchmaking.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The Razorbacks hardly look like an upstart, though, boasting immense positional size (18th nationally in average height, per KenPom).—
Jim Root,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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After more than 30 years, Wimberley Glassworks still flourishes and its gallery is bursting with color—plates in kaleidoscopic shades, delicate pieces glowing brightly on tables, sculptures fanning out in rainbows over the walls, as if outraged by the white paint.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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When these elements come together seamlessly, both flourish.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The battle of the nouveau riche could just as easily be referred to as the Oil Firm.—
Darren Richman,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Who does Johnson consider nouveau riche?—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Arrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrive. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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