1
: immediately due in sequence or development
in the coming year
2
: gaining importance
the coming trend
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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Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Pentagon officials have said thousands more troops could be sent in the comings week and months.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 1 Mar. 2025
Sara Fischer, Axios, 23 Feb. 2025
Mass corporate bankruptcies are now no longer out of the question in coming months.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Essentially the storyline is a universal one of teenage love, angst and self-discovery and finding your tribe that are at the heart of other iconic coming of age stories such as Romeo and Juliet or West End Story.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Pentagon officials have said thousands more troops could be sent in the comings week and months.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
The split will force MSNBC to build up some of its own reporting and newsgathering infrastructure, especially in Washington D.C., where Kutler is expected to announce a new Washington Bureau for the network in coming months.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 23 Feb. 2025
Mass corporate bankruptcies are now no longer out of the question in coming months.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coming. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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