come into being
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: to begin to exist : to come to be
The story of how the university came into being is quite fascinating.
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That is unusually soon, cosmically speaking, for so massive a black hole to have come into being through stellar collapses and mergers.
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Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
Together the show and book direct our attention to the process and the teamwork by which these sensory environments come into being.
—Susannah Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
A lot had to happen for our Solar System to come into being.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
Whole cities have come into being for this very thing.
—Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 9 Aug. 2023
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Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
Together the show and book direct our attention to the process and the teamwork by which these sensory environments come into being.
—Susannah Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
A lot had to happen for our Solar System to come into being.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
Whole cities have come into being for this very thing.
—Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 9 Aug. 2023
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“Come into being.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20into%20being. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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