as in to cause
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
this legislation will surely bring on some unintended consequences
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Recent Examples of bring on
Lainey Wilson has been named as the host of the 2025 Country Music Association Awards on ABC — handling those duties by herself this year, after having been brought on as one of three co-hosts for the previous year.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
That has brought on quite a bit of fan frustration.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The company’s first course of action was to bring on the former receiver, Hilco Global, as the asset manager.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Ball was asked about how much heat the loss would bring on Pittman.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2025
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Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
That has brought on quite a bit of fan frustration.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
The company’s first course of action was to bring on the former receiver, Hilco Global, as the asset manager.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Ball was asked about how much heat the loss would bring on Pittman.
—Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bring on
Verb
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Forest County Potawatomi Chairman Brooks Boyd said the shutdown is not causing any meaningful impacts to tribal services at the moment.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The cause was classified as norovirus, a contagious virus that causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and is commonly known as the stomach flu.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security has detained hundreds of TPS holders from Venezuela nationwide, creating confusion about how the protections are being applied.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Democrats want to overturn spending cuts Republicans approved earlier in the year for Medicaid, which provides health insurance for Americans living in or near poverty, and extend insurance subsidies created by the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The lightweight and compact kit is easy to bring along while traveling or tuck away in a closet at home.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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This work, like the word ‘amalgam’ in the title, just brings it all together.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The chain is generating the same reaction in Finneytown, a suburban Cincinnati neighborhood where a new Dutch Bros on Winton Road is causing locals to pick sides.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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Simply put, humans cannot survive without generating pollution.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Chelsea centre-back Benoit Badiashile tried to drag him to his feet, prompting a fracas with Van Hecke’s defensive partner, Lewis Dunk, and several other players from both teams, which ended with bookings for the trio.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Regional lenders have been under pressure after last year's banking turmoil, prompting mergers aimed at strengthening balance sheets and expanding into faster-growing markets.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Flip Off also brought about an even more unlikely reconciliation between Haack and her second husband, Anstead.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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The same dynamic can paper over the changes being brought about by artificial intelligence.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Many of those that still produce a large share of their products in cities and towns such as Geneva, Vevey, and Zurich—like Nestlé’s Nespresso coffee arm, DSM-Firmenich, and heavy industrial equipment makers like ABB and Hitachi Energy—are unusual in being able to do so competitively.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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But, to do you any good, squeezing the veins must propel the blood in the right direction, toward the heart.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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Now the podcast era produces orders of magnitude more hours of political commentary than any human can consume.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Bring on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bring%20on. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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