come about
verb
came about; come about; coming about; comes about
1
: happen
2
: to change direction
the wind has come about into the north
3
: to shift to a new tack
Synonyms
Examples of come about in a Sentence
how did all this come about?
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More information is coming about future closures along both directions of I-17 north of Happy Valley Road, ADOT officials said.
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Michelle Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
The incident comes about four weeks after more than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, striking one bridge that had already been preemptively closed and damaging a marina, officials said.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 May 2024
The hearing came about five months after a hearing on antisemitism in which the presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania gave lawyerly statements, prompting an intense backlash that helped lead to their resignations.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 8 May 2024
The call to the home in the Payne-Phalen area came about 7:20 p.m. Monday.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 May 2024
That is a shame, given that the city’s waste-containerization program came about through discussions about zero-waste goals.
—The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
His dad's best friend was one of the friends who helped the coop come about.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
The idea for the brand came about when he was told by his cousin that hookah is almost worse than smoking cigarettes, something a young 19-year-old Bradley had no awareness of.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 27 Apr. 2024
At the time, Chris Hudnall of Lost Boy & Co said that Joliet came about as a response to a lack of seafood restaurants on Miami Beach.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Michelle Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
The incident comes about four weeks after more than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, striking one bridge that had already been preemptively closed and damaging a marina, officials said.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 May 2024
The hearing came about five months after a hearing on antisemitism in which the presidents of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania gave lawyerly statements, prompting an intense backlash that helped lead to their resignations.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 8 May 2024
The call to the home in the Payne-Phalen area came about 7:20 p.m. Monday.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 May 2024
That is a shame, given that the city’s waste-containerization program came about through discussions about zero-waste goals.
—The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
His dad's best friend was one of the friends who helped the coop come about.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
The idea for the brand came about when he was told by his cousin that hookah is almost worse than smoking cigarettes, something a young 19-year-old Bradley had no awareness of.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 27 Apr. 2024
At the time, Chris Hudnall of Lost Boy & Co said that Joliet came about as a response to a lack of seafood restaurants on Miami Beach.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Come about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20about. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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