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
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how did all this come about?
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However, generally, change does not come about by a single event, but rather by a build-up of a series of things.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2025
But for Nixon that decision came about 50 years too late.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025
My first Kafka translation came about in the 1990s when Schocken Books, an imprint of what was then Random House, held an open competition for new translations of his work.
—Mark Harman
august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
So, pictures came about, memories of girls who were kind of stuck in their position in the family, in the world, in their femininity.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2025
But for Nixon that decision came about 50 years too late.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025
My first Kafka translation came about in the 1990s when Schocken Books, an imprint of what was then Random House, held an open competition for new translations of his work.
—Mark Harman
august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
So, pictures came about, memories of girls who were kind of stuck in their position in the family, in the world, in their femininity.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Come about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20about. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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