come

1
as in to approach
to move closer to come here and sit by the fire

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2
3
as in to become
to eventually have as a state or quality your dreams can come true

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Verb
  • Complicating matters, tech companies are approaching multiple power utility providers within the same state, or across several states seeking multiple bids for the same project, inflating power demand outlooks, investors and other power experts said.
    Laila Kearney, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Will approach shots to the same places have the same results?
    Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In some cases, entire shipping containers arrive in the U.K. filled with thousands of packages, each addressed to fictitious recipients in order to evade inspection and avoid detection.
    Aleksandra Bal, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Nuggets on two new Dolphins offensive linemen and second-year left tackle Patrick Paul, who is poised to replace the retiring Terron Armstead: ▪ James Daniels, who will start at one guard spot, arrives in Miami with exceptional pass blocking stats.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Inflation remains modest, interest rate cuts are becoming increasingly likely, and tariffs—if applied strategically—have the potential to enhance U.S. production and trade leverage.
    Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The four chocolate doughnuts became available at Krispy Kreme on March 19.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Below are some of the most common ways this type of fraud happens.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • What’s happening is a homogeny of deal-making and how deals are done because of the streamers.
    Lauren Coates, Variety, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • They’re more geared toward controlling it, with uniform requirements that do more to hinder progress than protect the marketplace.
    Mary Anna Mancuso, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2025
  • No matter your best intentions, the fact remains that styles change, as do our tastes.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • When Wade had entered the league, baggy, untucked dress shirts and oversize suits were the style on draft night; on game days, players draped 5XL sweat suits and Mitchell & Ness throwback jerseys over their lanky frames.
    D. Watkins, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The outspoken mother, who has clashed with Rock in the past, quickly went on to reiterate her desire for Blueface to enter a relationship with rap star Megan Thee Stallion, a hope that she’s expressed on previous occasions.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Russo also pleaded guilty to one count of failure to appear, according to prosecutors.
    Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • This was Spoelstra’s team playing just eight when the game was in the balance and getting the best from all eight, including a season-high19 points from Kyle Anderson and 16 points from Pelle Larsson.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Come.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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