Thesaurus results for COMES DOWN

comes down

verb

present tense third-person singular of come down

as in happens

to take place let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting

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Recent Examples of comes down The difference between shorties and longies comes down to mass. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Some people make money, some people use the buzz to shore up a brand, and some people get their lives wrecked, but who falls into this last category comes down to bad luck more than to justice. — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Much of that comes down to, again, the randomness that's part of small sample sizes. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 So let’s suppose that the final field comes down to Olivia Dean, Noah Kahan, Ella Langley, Bruno Mars, Raye, Olivia Rodrigo, Sienna Spiro and Taylor Swift, to keep with alphabetical order for the moment. — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 There is a week every fall when the mornings sharpen, the knitwear comes down off the top shelf, and everything in your gym bag suddenly belongs to a season that has already ended. — Zoë MacKay, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 The difference rarely comes down to a single technology investment, a specific process or a particular organizational structure. — Seema Phull, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Part of the disconnect between fuel prices and airfares comes down to timing, House said. — Rio Yamat, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Even if a bill eventually passes, even if diesel comes down later this year, that won’t help the farmers harvesting crops right now. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes down

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Researchers can model what happens if copper prices increase sharply or if a newer technology becomes commercially viable years from now.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
When that happens, per state law, the commissioner must either close the campus or take over the district.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of happens

Verb

There is speculation, too, that Balenciaga, where creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli is plying his couture chops and returning the brand to its roots, might also be facing some changes.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
And with economic growth stagnating, there is no easy way out.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026