goes
verb
3rd person singular present indicative of go.
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goes
1 American
[gohz]
/ goʊz /
verb
noun
Goes
2
American
[goos]
/ gus /
noun
GOES
3
American
abbreviation
Goes
British
/ ɡuːs /
noun
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As creator Lorne Michaels has said to cast members like Tina Fey, “The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
A medium Chanel flap bag that cost $5,800 in 2019 now goes for $11,700, for example, steering some would-be buyers toward comparatively affordable but still-coveted footwear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The hospital's director said a woman gave birth to a baby boy in a shelter during that attack, adding: "Even on such a terrible night, life goes on."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
If the 30-year mortgage rate goes up to 7.5% from 7%, around 2.1 million households will be priced out of the market, Zhao added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Arlo goes to get his jacket; I gobble down the rest of my food and grab a light jacket from the hall closet.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
In 2004, Britain Goes Wild pulled in a record audience when it aired on BBC Two.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
This appeared above my headline, “President Vance Goes AWOL.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Grisetti’s regional credits also include “Spamalot” in Las Vegas, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” at the Reprise Theatre, “Beauty & the Beast” and “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” in La Mirada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Following several years producing and starring in Comedy of Theatre productions, she starred the BBC TV comedy As Time Goes By, which ran for nine series, and was produced by the Taffner's production company.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
He was supposed to be singing “I’ve Got You Babe” and “The Beat Goes On.”
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
He directs Stanford’s Wilderness Medicine Fellowship and runs Global Outdoor Emergency Support, or GOES, which provides medical guidance for outdoor travelers.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2021
I go to a Web site for a trusted-traveler program and have to decide whether to click on GOES, Nexus, GlobalEntry, Sentri, Flux, or FAST—bureaucratic terms that mean nothing to me.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
"Of course what you say GOES," he said, giving her his friendly grin.
From T. Tembarom by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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