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
Examples of come about in a Sentence
how did all this come about?
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How did the Paris-to-L.A. handover special come about?
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 June 2025
The decision to renew the FilmLA contract comes about a month after Mayor Karen Bass issued a directive aimed at undoing some of the red tape around local production.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Machado had worked out a theory for how regime change could come about in Venezuela.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
But in Dylan-esque fashion, MGK declined to give a straight answer as to how the collaboration came about.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 June 2025
The decision to renew the FilmLA contract comes about a month after Mayor Karen Bass issued a directive aimed at undoing some of the red tape around local production.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Machado had worked out a theory for how regime change could come about in Venezuela.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
But in Dylan-esque fashion, MGK declined to give a straight answer as to how the collaboration came about.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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“Come about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20about. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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