came up

verb

Definition of came upnext
past tense of come up
1
as in came
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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2
as in surfaced
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 Synonyms for came up
  1. came
  2. arose
  3. emerged
  4. happened
  5. appeared
  6. occurred
Verb
  • The decision by Price’s office to file charges in Monk’s death came just days after a landslide election that saw Price become the first district attorney in the county’s history to be recalled from office.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • But then came the shock of the terror attacks, when Hamas and other militant groups killed more than 1,200 people in southern Israel and kidnapped some 250 more into Gaza.
    Ivana Kottasová and Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of came
Verb
  • More trouble arose in the sixth, when the Mets drew back-to-back two-out walks off Evan Phillips to load the bases again.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The negative consequence for the other person is that their feelings are invalidated; the phrasing subtly implies that their emotions are solely their responsibility, even though those feelings arose because of your actions.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of arose
Verb
  • The record emerged from a period in which false narratives constantly swirled around the band.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Last year, new evidence emerged in the case when Roy Rosselló said he, too, had been raped by José Mendenez, and the brothers' defense team discovered a letter written by Erik to his cousin in 1988 opening up about his father's abuse.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of emerged
Verb
  • The incident happened Wednesday on a flight from Miami to Charlotte, North Carolina.
    Brie Stimson, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement What happened in court?
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of happened
Verb
  • Since then, additional decorative drives have appeared, many but not all of them branded tie-ins to entertainment or popular culture.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
  • This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine, an independent journalistic endeavor from Annual Reviews.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of appeared
Verb
  • The team was able to put together the subsequent geological processes that occurred after the massive collision.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Those results have occurred even as Dudamel has made a huge effort to foster contemporary composition (typically not an old-school orchestra subscriber’s favorite programming), commissioning music from composers around the world.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of occurred
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