coming by

verb

Definition of coming bynext
present participle of come by
1
as in visiting
to make a brief visit come by after work and I'll give you some clothes for the rummage sale

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2
as in winning
to receive as return for effort a literary award like that isn't easy to come by

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming by
  1. winning
  2. earning
  3. reaping
  4. gaining
  5. making
  6. garnering
  7. obtaining
Verb
  • Montagu’s Mews The hotel’s award-winning restaurant is named after Elizabeth Montagu, an 18th century writer and advocate for women’s education, and it’s located in what was once her carriage house.
    Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The Padres have had 18 winning seasons, including 2024.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of winning
Verb
  • When it was shown in 2022 in the artist’s first New York gallery show, the large-scale text-laden triptych got a shout out in the New Yorker, earning Parris a comparison to Joan Mitchell.
    Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Incidentally, while most Brits believe that income is the main indicator of class in today's society, 25% of people earning over $132,000 still identify as working class.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of earning
Verb
  • Iran has been reaping windfall profits from near-record oil production this year, with production doubling from less than 2 million barrels per day in 2019 to nearly 4 million barrels per day now, and with oil exports increasing from practically zero to nearly 2 million barrels per day.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Carpenter is reaping the benefits of her persistence.
    Lucy Feldman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of reaping
Verb
  • After gaining the life rights 12 years ago, with the blessing of Tammy Faye Messner’s second husband, Roe Messner, John and Furnish assembled a creative team that included book writer James Graham and director Rupert Goold.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In other words, what Team Xi has done to date isn’t gaining the traction economists hoped.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of gaining
Verb
  • Baby boomers are the most likely generation to be working multiple jobs at once, as inflation and high costs of living are making retirement a more distant dream.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In fact, the upstarts of fintech already are making inroads into the private credit industry.
    Don Muir, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of making
Verb
  • The results were an encouraging step toward the treatment garnering Food and Drug Administration approval.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004, garnering a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy in 2014.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of garnering
Verb
  • The jailable offenses include obtaining tickets for the Singapore F1 Grand Prix, a night’s stay in Four Seasons Hotel Doha, and flights including being aboard a private jet to Qatar.
    Philip J. Heijmans and Alex Chandler / Bloomberg, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
  • And there are other factors that buyers can consider to be more successful in obtaining a home.
    Terri Williams, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of obtaining
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coming by

coming clean (about)

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