Next
Next adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
Returning
Returning adjective - Tending to be turned back.
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Synonyms for Returning
Next and returning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Next" instead an adjective "Returning".
Both words in one sentence
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Then, he does something very similar to a returning Alberto Del Rio the next day.
Source: Wrestling / Sheamus -
Thus, the hero faces the very real threat of not returning to normal, each bout of Alternate Identity Amnesia causing him to get more worried about the next.
Source: Super-Powered Evil Side -
This is helped by the fact that Asuka herself breaks the line after a bathroom trip, lying next to Shinji instead of returning to her room.
Source: This Is My Side
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Returning and Next. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/next/returning
Next & Returning. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/next/returning>.
Returning or Next. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/next/returning.
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