1
: immediately due in sequence or development
in the coming year
2
: gaining importance
the coming trend
Synonyms
Examples of coming in a Sentence
Noun
the coming of the children meant we could finally get the party started
Adjective
The company has many plans for the coming year.
An official announcement will be made in the coming days.
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Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2024
Who better to tend to the second coming of the Cobra?
Now came the challenge of building a production, street-legal Viper.
—Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 17 July 2024
Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024
The Council’s Land Use Committee passed it unanimously later in the day, too, sending it back to the City Planning Commission, which is also expected to greenlight it in coming days, according to the sources familiar with the matter.
—Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
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Noun
This collision between love and the law distinguishes Catalina from other recent campus novels, many of which struggle to find depth in the banal incidents of a student’s coming of age.
—Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2024
Who better to tend to the second coming of the Cobra?
Now came the challenge of building a production, street-legal Viper.
—Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 17 July 2024
Adjective
They are set to cover the map of up-for-grabs states in coming days: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024
The Council’s Land Use Committee passed it unanimously later in the day, too, sending it back to the City Planning Commission, which is also expected to greenlight it in coming days, according to the sources familiar with the matter.
—Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coming. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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