this coming
idiom
: the one that is next
—used with a period of time
She'll return this coming Friday.
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The soonest venue availability was February 22, this coming Saturday, at the Jacobs Music Center.
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Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Nonetheless, the timing of this coming just a day after West’s rant is noteworthy.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 9 Jan. 2025
The 2024 Nobel Prizes illustrate this coming together of multiple disciplines–molecular biology, neuroscience, computer science, computational statistics, physics, artificial intelligence—to engineer a new healthcare landscape.
—Gil Press, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Still to release are the UK this coming Friday, and Japan on February 7 next year.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2024
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Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Nonetheless, the timing of this coming just a day after West’s rant is noteworthy.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 9 Jan. 2025
The 2024 Nobel Prizes illustrate this coming together of multiple disciplines–molecular biology, neuroscience, computer science, computational statistics, physics, artificial intelligence—to engineer a new healthcare landscape.
—Gil Press, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Still to release are the UK this coming Friday, and Japan on February 7 next year.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2024
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“This coming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/this%20coming. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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