come (to) 1 of 2

Definition of come (to)next

come to

2 of 2

verb (2)

as in to come around
to gain consciousness again after being in a coma for months, the patient quite unexpectedly came to

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come (to)
Verb
  • Carmel-by-the-Sea just got numbered street addresses for the first time in its 110-year history.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images The researchers said the Adelie penguins of Cape Adare, on the other side of Antarctica, are now the world's largest penguin colony, numbering more than one million as of 2018.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This line of defense didn’t persuade Sweeney, who reasoned that adding athletes with expired eligibility would mean more, not less, market competition.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • There was a time when fall was hospitality’s quiet season—the quiet lull between summer beach trips and ski season escapades, the time when back to school and back to work meant people largely stayed home.
    — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces overnight struck targets in Ukraine's southern Odesa region on the Black Sea coast with drones.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has largely rebounded, but only at great risk to tankers, 20 of which have been struck in the last month, suggesting recovery could be unsustainable.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The phrase appears to have first come around in the early to mid-2010s and then saw a major spike at the end of 2025 going into 2026, according to Google trends.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Milwaukee opened the scoring in the third when Frelick reached on an infield single, stole second and came around on a single by Mitchell, an Orange County native and UCLA product.
    — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Agents run reports overnight, aggregate the results and prepare the dashboards before the team arrives.
    — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The new Fashion Coalition proposes to aggregate demand and develop financing models, particularly for next-generation materials and technologies.
    — Lewis Perkins, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The spa Outdoor adventure is the primary focus here, so after skiing or mountain biking all day the spa is the ideal place to recover.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The bank sees high diesel prices as necessary to prevent recovering demand from overwhelming constrained refineries.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But after seven wins in nine games, even some of Carrick’s more sceptical colleagues from playing days must be coming round to his candidacy by now.
    — Mark Critchley, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Smalls come round and large pizzas are sheet-pan-style.
    — Gail Ciampa, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Come (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20%28to%29. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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