1
as in to come
to get to a destination
when will the guests arrive?
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Relevance
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2
as in to succeed
to reach a desired level of accomplishment
the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination
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as in comer
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Recent Examples of arrive
Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
Among the first to arrive was Cooper Koch, making a statement in a chest-baring vest before joining a spirited conversation with fellow actors.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025
Mary Gilbert, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
United’s rivals for the title will not give up the chase, and Farke will certainly not be counting any chickens, but the manner of the win, as February arrives and games played ticks into the 30s, feels ominous.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The cement truck from Bakersfield arrived around 8:30 P.M. By ten-thirty, the men were pouring cement again, gluing the enormous metal straw in place.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
Among the first to arrive was Cooper Koch, making a statement in a chest-baring vest before joining a spirited conversation with fellow actors.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
But this seasonally appropriate air has been interrupted by periods of fall-like warmth – a temperature rollercoaster that will continue at least until 2025 arrives.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
United’s rivals for the title will not give up the chase, and Farke will certainly not be counting any chickens, but the manner of the win, as February arrives and games played ticks into the 30s, feels ominous.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrive
Verb
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Related Stories The return-to-form album can typically succeed on the back of familiarity; day-one fans will always be chasing the high that an artist’s breakthrough once offered.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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Smaller powers can, through the intelligent application of attrition, succeed in advancing their own goals.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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But this ceremony also recognizes true up and comers, in categories such as the John Cassavetes Award (for the creative team behind films made for less than $1 million) and First Screenplay.—
The Styles Desk,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Despite the definition of digicam morphing to include a wider array of cameras, Lee seems to be accepting of all comers.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
29 Nov. 2024
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The downside, warn many of the officials who appear in Disclosure, is that keeping this information secret and compartmentalized within the government and the military industrial complex could result in an intelligence failure exponentially worse than what happened with 9/11.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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That appeared to have been the start of a wider onslaught by Assad loyalists, who launched coordinated attacks on government positions in the country’s northwest, killing and imprisoning members of the security forces.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Discover which herbs thrive in our region and explore their therapeutic and culinary uses.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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The organizations that thrive in the coming decades will be those that can master both the technical and the nontechnical, thereby realizing the value of true data and AI literacy.—
Ben Jones,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Magic fans, players, coaches and management believed Breakout Season had ushered in a new era for the franchise — one where the team was no longer just a spunky upstart but a legitimate playoff contender.—
Mike Bianchi,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Other times, an upstart rushes in on the heels of a popular film and steals the night.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The planned staging of Salome at the Palace Theater would have been a historic performance, as Bernhardt was the A-lister of her time and no doubt would have flourished in the part.—
E.R. Zarevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Mar. 2025
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While his predecessors — both Democrats and Republicans — insisted that alliances in Europe and Asia were America’s greatest force multiplier, keeping the peace and allowing trade to flourish, Mr. Trump viewed them as a bleeding wound.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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The battle of the nouveau riche could just as easily be referred to as the Oil Firm.—
Darren Richman,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Who does Johnson consider nouveau riche?—
Ben Bolch,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Arrive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrive. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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