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 And at the end of the day, Eshelman said, the tariff calculus comes down to how retailers want their core customer to perceive them. — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026 The final say comes down to general manager Ian Cunningham, coach Kevin Stefanski and offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The more than $15 billion decline in Xu’s riches also comes down to poor timing. — Dave Sebastian, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 Picking which projects to back, Yang says, comes down to a specific set of criteria. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 Create Space For Questions Or Pushback Trust between an executive and their assistant comes down to consistency and clear communication. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Shorten the term and the monthly bite gets bigger, but the overall cost comes down. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 But the contest now comes down to which candidate can assemble enough of Michigan’s Democratic coalition to win Tuesday. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 A lot comes down to your specific pool and its condition and features, too. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 27 July 2026

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Verb

But the extremely rapid pace here also raises concern about what happens if, or when, the boom starts to dissipate.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
When that happens, continue beating until the mixture is smooth and some of the batter sticks to the sides of the bowl, another minute or so.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026