1
: immediately due in sequence or development
in the coming year
2
: gaining importance
the coming trend
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Noun
the coming of the children meant we could finally get the party started
Adjective
The company has many plans for the coming year.
An official announcement will be made in the coming days.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Ella Lee, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
In the next coming years, Metro Transit also is upgrading its fare collection equipment systemwide for the first time in 20 years which will allow riders to purchase fares by tapping their mobile phones or credit cards.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The 48-year-old McDaniels is not, of course, the second coming of Bill Walsh, and his disastrous head-coaching tenures in Denver and Las Vegas are earned black marks on his resume.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
The pardons clear the way for potentially hundreds of his supporters to be released from prison in coming days, some of whom were sentenced to years in prison for violently attacking law enforcement that day.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
In the next coming years, Metro Transit also is upgrading its fare collection equipment systemwide for the first time in 20 years which will allow riders to purchase fares by tapping their mobile phones or credit cards.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coming. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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