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make a comeback

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  1. Also, stage a comeback. Achieve a success after retirement or failure, as in After years in mediocre movies, she made a comeback on Broadway, or The humble hamburger is about to stage a comeback. [Colloquial; c. 1920] Also see come back, def. 1.


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But Wall Street is backing the company to make a comeback with a raft of initiation notes on Monday.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

But Wall Street is backing the company to make a comeback with a raft of initiation notes on Monday.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

After a stretch of unseasonably low temperatures for much of the UK, spring warmth is set to make a comeback next week.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

As CPUs make a comeback, it’s about whether mature hardware categories become more relevant as AI computing demand shifts to inferencing, she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Many would no doubt argue that “sporangia” is hardly a word worth memorizing, yet one never knows when ferns will make a comeback.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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