- present participle of come.
coming
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And in 2014, he penned a Bloomberg Businessweek essay coming out as gay, becoming the first Fortune 500 CEO to do so.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Amazon wouldn’t share how many autonomous drones are coming to Tracy, saying the number will increase depending on demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
As the Conservative minister who launched the UK's emergency alert system, Oliver Dowden was more than familiar with the loud bleeping sound coming from his phone earlier this month.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The fire happened on 9 July, with Princes Street's reopening coming two days before the last day of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The spring meet is coming up, and I can’t afford to not get that scholarship.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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In front of the hospital gates, a guard in a surgical mask did his best to keep track of all the comings and goings.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
“Jazz Island” names nine characters, plus four secondary ones, whose individual comings and goings sometimes distract from those of the others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Meyer owns and operates the Record, managing a staff of only seven that reports on the comings and goings of the city of Marion’s 1,900 or so residents.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
They are calling for volunteers to count blackbirds in their gardens over the summer months to find out more about the comings and goings of the birds.
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
With all her comings and goings the past few weeks, she’d never yet shared a word about her detective work.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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