comes
Americannoun
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Astronomy. companion.
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Anatomy. a blood vessel accompanying another vessel or a nerve.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of comes
1675–85; < Latin: traveling companion, probably < *com-it-s, equivalent to com- com- + -it- noun derivative of īre to go + -s nominative singular ending
Example Sentences
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"Of course people need to look at knife crime but when it comes to using this an excuse to put communities against each other, that is not helping," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Some think it is smart to invest some of Berkshire’s $380 billion of cash—and the buy comes just after the company’s $8.5 billion deal for home builder Taylor Morrison over the weekend.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Theoretical proof for this comes from a famous article written 40 years ago by William Sharpe, the 1990 Nobel laureate in economics.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
But, according to the Met Office, the higher than average temperatures forecast comes as having a hotter summer is now twice as likely than the reference averaging period of 1991-2020, consistent with our warming climate.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
He comes out of the principal’s office and, without breaking stride, says, “Let’s go.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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