Thesaurus results for COMES DOWN

comes down

verb

present tense third-person singular of come down

as in happens

to take place let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting

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Recent Examples of comes down There is a week every fall when the mornings sharpen, the knitwear comes down off the top shelf, and everything in your gym bag suddenly belongs to a season that has already ended. — Zoë MacKay, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 The difference rarely comes down to a single technology investment, a specific process or a particular organizational structure. — Seema Phull, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Part of the disconnect between fuel prices and airfares comes down to timing, House said. — Rio Yamat, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Even if a bill eventually passes, even if diesel comes down later this year, that won’t help the farmers harvesting crops right now. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 El Niño explains only about a quarter to a third of California’s year-to-year rainfall; the rest comes down to individual storms and atmospheric rivers, which can override El Niño in either direction. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026 A lot of it comes down to the filmmaker and what ends up coming my way. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 Yet with massive gaps in battery life, materials, and off-grid durability, choosing between them comes down to a few critical trade-offs. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026 Roach believes the perfect lead hook comes down to the timing. — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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The Technion team approached the problem by rethinking what happens on the other side of the electrolysis process.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
What happens next could impact thousands of residents, farmers, commercial interests and property owners.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026