come across (as)

as in to seem
to give the impression of being the law professor comes across as a bit of an ogre at first, but he's actually quite personable

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  • The bulk of any 'savings' seems to come from cutting approximately 300,000 W-2 government employees.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
  • So people don’t ever seem too amped up around here.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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  • Many individuals feel too stressed or busy will avoid treating themselves, according to a study by Cornell SC Johnson College of Business published in the Journal of Consumer Research.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Even Bangkok, some 600 miles away, felt widespread shaking and saw significant damage from the quake -- including the total collapse of a skyscraper under construction.
    Mark Osborne, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • Musk maintains that the company’s future remains bright A growing number of consumers who bought Tesla vehicles before Musk took over DOGE have been looking to sell or trade them in, while others have slapped on bumper stickers seeking to distance themselves from him.
    Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Fans have even more to look forward to as Shrek 5 is currently in development and set to be released in 2026 with the original voice cast plus a-lister Zendaya.
    Jane LaCroix, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
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  • Researchers were sounding the alarm about this in the 2010s when our digital technology was less advanced and there were fewer digital traces to enrich the datasets.
    Abigail Dubiniecki, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • At moments her Rose sounds as if Carnegie Hall was her bygone dream for herself, not the vaudeville circuit.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Come across (as).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20across%20%28as%29. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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