coming

[kuhm-ing] / ˈkʌm ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

approaching, promising

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anticipated expected forthcoming impending subsequent

STRONG

advancing aspiring close converging deserving docking due fated foreseen future instant marked near nearing oncoming ordained predestined preparing progressing pursuing

WEAK

about to happen almost on one at hand certain drawing near en route eventual gaining upon getting near immediate imminent in prospect in store in the offing in the wind in view next nigh prospective running after to-be up-and-coming

Antonyms

STRONGEST

distant

STRONG

away far gone past

NOUN

arrival

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advent

STRONG

accession approach landing reception

Antonyms

WEAK

departing departure exit going leaving

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Raymond McCullough Jnr said the plaque was a "fitting tribute" to the two men, which would allow "generations coming after us" to remember them.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Replimune said it plans to resubmit the BLA “in the coming days,” adding that the FDA has indicated it will treat the resubmission “as an urgent matter.”

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The new proposal was prepared ahead of negotiations over how to restructure the USMCA, according to the people, and it could change over the coming months as talks advance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“How could they not know that these 911 calls were coming in? ... That’s their job, monitoring their radios or whatever they have with them.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Twenty or thirty of them, and they kept on coming.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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