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as in to happen
to take place
couldn't believe that the wedding would actually come off—they've been "just dating" for years
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as in to succeed
to turn out as planned or desired
the attempted revival of the city's downtown never really came off, and even more stores eventually closed
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Recent Examples of come off
All the while, though, the glow was coming off the atom.
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Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Greek Freak is coming off a stellar performance on Saturday against the Miami Heat.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The Texas Rangers just won five straight games and are coming off a series sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025
But obesity experts have told The Associated Press that as many as 1 in 5 people may not lose the amount of weight that others have seen come off.
—Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The Greek Freak is coming off a stellar performance on Saturday against the Miami Heat.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The Texas Rangers just won five straight games and are coming off a series sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025
But obesity experts have told The Associated Press that as many as 1 in 5 people may not lose the amount of weight that others have seen come off.
—Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come off
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Below are some of the most common ways this type of fraud happens.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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What’s happening is a homogeny of deal-making and how deals are done because of the streamers.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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For Drake to succeed as a public figure suing for defamation, he’s required to show that a knowingly false statement was communicated as a statement of fact.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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Over the past four years, President Ronald Reagan and his national security team have succeeded in rewriting the context of the defense debate.—
Richard Stubbing,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Apr. 2025
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There was no time for rehearsal, so both the film's director and Soni were just as surprised as the extras in the scene.—
Alamin Yohannes,
EW.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Obviously, the pandemic was a highly unusual situation but there are lessons to learn when the power of innovation is unleashed, especially in times of crisis.—
Mary Anna Mancuso,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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From our perspective on and around Earth, wavelengths of light emanating from cosmic objects actually go from the bluer section of the spectrum to the red section, and then tread into infrared waters.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Fast forward two seasons when the Horned Frogs went 34-4, doubled their home attendance to 3,223 per game and hosted a NCAA Tournament game against Louisville in front of a sellout crowd at Schollmaier Arena.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2025
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The two go over strategies to increase speech fluency and volume.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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The decision went over well with at least two of the companies, DoorDash and Grubhub, but was bashed by the councilor who proposed the amendment, Sharon Durkan, who accused her colleagues of caving into the wealthy companies who lobbied against the delivery fee.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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Peak cognitive performance usually occurs mid-to-late morning and again in the early evening, while our energy naturally dips in the early afternoon.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Before her allegations, the incidents had occurred — according to the women — from January 2021 to August 2023.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
7 Apr. 2025
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To read how Newsweek uses AI as a newsroom tool, click here.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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To download the free report, click on the image below.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
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In a post on Reddit's AITA forum shared on Sunday, April 6, a young woman recounted the day her sister got married — and why the bride came down on her for supposedly drawing the attention away from her on her wedding day.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Another gentleman coming down the beach, Crane Cantrell, jumped in.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Come off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20off. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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