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
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
Officers arrived to find the victim, identified as Omar Gonzalez, suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
Ted Ladd, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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
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Verb
Fall planting often reduces the need for watering as plants can get established over the winter and spring before the heat of summer arrives.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025
Officers arrived to find the victim, identified as Omar Gonzalez, suffering from at least one gunshot wound.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
Launching a product before that need arrives is often a fatal flaw.
—Ted Ladd, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrive
Verb
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But El Salvador’s crackdown on gang violence succeeded in large part because the country’s police had spent years carefully amassing legal evidence.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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The endeavor succeeded and eventually became known as Shift4.—
Wendy Whitman Cobb,
The Conversation,
10 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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These concerns appeared to strike a chord—at least in part—with U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken, who brought up the issue several times during this week’s fairness hearing over whether to grant the settlement’s final approval.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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After the risk assessment, the brothers will appear at independent parole board hearings on June 13, Newsom said.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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After some growing pains to cap the regular season, the trio thrived in the playoffs.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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Psychologist Susan Cain, in Quiet, says introverts thrive in solitude, delivering their best work without the social stimulus overload of open offices and needing to play political gamesmanship.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The ten-team upstart league boasts some of the best players in the world, including women’s world number one player Ariana Sanchez Fallada and men’s top players Augustine Tapia and Federico Chingotto.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The promotion’s founder, UFC boss Dana White, announced Monday that his upstart fighting league would be leaving conservative-leaning Rumble, its livestreaming home for its first 11 events, and moving to the world’s largest video platform beginning Friday for Power Slap 12.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The sanctification of Lee and other Confederate leaders, in turn, pushed the complexities of the surrender and of the Civil War era into the shadows, allowing the myth of Appomattox to flourish for more than a century.—
Made by History,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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When there's minimal to no oxygen, the spores can flourish.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In Rivals, Dyer plays a complex, nouveau riche tech entrepreneur who strikes up an unlikely romance with local author Lizzie (Katherine Parkinson).—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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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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“Arrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrive. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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