as in to cause
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
I promise: making one mistake will not bring about the apocalypse
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Recent Examples of bring about
Unified commerce brings about a single customer record, evolving beyond omnichannel.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Rollins earlier this week pledged to bring about a price drop in the coming weeks while boosting foreign agricultural opportunities.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 3 May 2025
The lack of organization and a unified voice in the U.S. has repeatedly come up in conversations about U.S. efforts to address the crisis in Haiti, and bringing about progress in the volatile Caribbean nation, where the population is facing record levels of hunger and gang violence.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
Handling of European alliances: B One of the biggest changes brought about by Trump has been his new approach to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the U.S.’s European allies.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Rollins earlier this week pledged to bring about a price drop in the coming weeks while boosting foreign agricultural opportunities.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 3 May 2025
The lack of organization and a unified voice in the U.S. has repeatedly come up in conversations about U.S. efforts to address the crisis in Haiti, and bringing about progress in the volatile Caribbean nation, where the population is facing record levels of hunger and gang violence.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
Handling of European alliances: B One of the biggest changes brought about by Trump has been his new approach to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the U.S.’s European allies.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025
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Rodriguez has been charged by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with the murder of foreign officials, causing death through the use of a firearm and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, the district attorney's office said.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Sepsis is caused by an overactive immune response to infection.—
Michael L. Millenson,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Defense created easy offense and in the halfcourt, the ball skipped around.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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Ronaldo’s post on social media on Monday, when Al Nassr played the final match of their season, then created more conversation.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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That’s when Trump called for an aide to bring to him a stack of articles about violent attacks on white farmers and dim the lights to bring the room’s attention to a large flat screen TV set up along a wall of the Oval Office.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Preliminary purchasing managers’ index data will be released for France and the U.K. CNBC will also be bringing you interviews from the Barclays leadership conference, focusing on energy, geopolitics and sector-specific challenges.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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That research also generated more than $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide, according to United for Medical Research, a coalition of research groups and advocates.—
Katheryn Houghton,
NPR,
26 May 2025
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In a country where the two dominant parties agree on scarcely anything, the collective exasperation with Musk generated unusual consensus.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The blazes, which began on Monday in Saskatchewan, have rapidly expanded in size, prompting the evacuation of more than 18,000 people.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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China was particularly hard hit and tensions between Washington and Beijing hit a boiling point when Trump announced a 145 percent tariff against China, prompting China to hit back with a 125 percent retaliatory tariff.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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The characters are too one-dimensional to care about — though we’re sporadically asked to do just that — yet at the same time their cartoonishness isn’t treated with enough gusto to actually be fun.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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Those looking to secure a board now can do so for early bird rates.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
23 May 2025
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The film is produced by Hype Studios and Gold Rush Pictures.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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In Portugal, a snap general election has produced a picture of the political spectrum seen in other EU countries like Germany, and heavily colored by the issue of immigration.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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