come of
Britishverb
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to be descended from
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to result from
nothing came of his experiments
Example Sentences
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Back on Christmas Island, residents are keeping an eye out for what might come of the vehicle, and what to expect from SpaceX employees who have made landfall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Martin described Gen Z as one of the first generations in recent memory to come of age facing markedly tighter economic circumstances.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
But “when we start to look at the loans flowing through our origination channels, we see the opposite — we see Gen Z continuing to come of age into home buying,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
L.A. was where he had come of age, and it remained an indelible part of his life and psyche — not least in terms of its egalitarian spirit and its tendency toward the horizontal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
“It was big magic to cast the spell in the first place. But it would be big magic to undo it too. Who can guess what would come of it?”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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