comes on

present tense third-person singular of come on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes on
Verb
  • When heavy rain occurs, there is a potential for flooding, particularly in areas that are low-lying or prone to floods.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
  • There is no product in that space other than the MG Cyberster.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The debut of Nature of Things arrives at a time when the body and hair care categories are experiencing rapid growth and innovation.
    Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Prime members also unlock free delivery, and this compact container home arrives as quickly as four days.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nuestra Cartagena emerges as a collaborative effort to navigate those upsides and downsides as equitably and sustainably as possible, in a way that keeps all of Cartagena's communities in mind.
    Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But the more these breakaways happen in the context of a film, the quicker a pattern emerges where critical moments are undercut by multiple breaks that drag things out to a not-so-welcome 155 minute runtime.
    David Opie, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Red Hood is the moniker of Jason Todd, who exists within the Gotham City-Batman subset of DC characters.
    Dan Heching, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The concept, first proposed by US physicist Hugh Everett in 1957, suggests that the universe is just one of many universes that together form a larger one, which contains everything that exists, including space, time, matter, energy, and data.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ballinger is the owner of a tree service business and lives with his family on a farm just outside of Saint Paul.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That’s where your purpose lives.
    Marie Quintana, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Measles spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, talks, coughs, or sneezes and can stay on surfaces for many hours after contact.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And above all, treat visibility not as a one-time performance, but as a professional habit that breathes life into your career trajectory.
    Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Comes on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes%20on. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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