1
as in creating
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
in the end, the lawsuit brought distress to everyone, including the plaintiff
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Relevance
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2
as in persuading
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request
nothing will ever bring her to admit she's wrong
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3
as in costing
to have a price of
the antique will probably bring at least $1000 at auction
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Recent Examples of bringing
Near the end of his remarks, Ho mentioned his hopes for some areas of focus, including bringing homeless services back under local control and shifting some responsibility away from the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, or SHRA.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Instead—especially if advanced AI becomes a widely-available commodity—the majority of the value might instead flow to manufacturers of computer hardware, or to the industries where AI is bringing the most efficiency gains.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Hurricane Melissa is bringing catastrophic wind and flood-generating rain to Jamaica.
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
In her new role as vice president of business development, Kruse will build and grow relationships with multimedia partners in interactive entertainment, supporting Blumhouse Games’ vision of bringing original, indie horror experiences to players worldwide.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Verdeille’s latest creations reinterpreted several pieces crafted by Schlumberger, bringing a fresh perspective to the designer’s famous works and celebrating the sea’s organic forms and fantastical beauty.
—Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Best of all, this gorgeous blouse is on sale for a whopping 62 percent off at Nordstrom Rack, bringing the price down to only $33.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Google has piles of cash and a red-hot stock, but is instead bringing its pristine credit rating to the deal table, backstopping crypto miners.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
After bringing the dog to the surface of the storm drain, the officers quickly carried her out.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Instead—especially if advanced AI becomes a widely-available commodity—the majority of the value might instead flow to manufacturers of computer hardware, or to the industries where AI is bringing the most efficiency gains.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Hurricane Melissa is bringing catastrophic wind and flood-generating rain to Jamaica.
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
In her new role as vice president of business development, Kruse will build and grow relationships with multimedia partners in interactive entertainment, supporting Blumhouse Games’ vision of bringing original, indie horror experiences to players worldwide.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Verdeille’s latest creations reinterpreted several pieces crafted by Schlumberger, bringing a fresh perspective to the designer’s famous works and celebrating the sea’s organic forms and fantastical beauty.
—Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Best of all, this gorgeous blouse is on sale for a whopping 62 percent off at Nordstrom Rack, bringing the price down to only $33.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Google has piles of cash and a red-hot stock, but is instead bringing its pristine credit rating to the deal table, backstopping crypto miners.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
After bringing the dog to the surface of the storm drain, the officers quickly carried her out.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bringing
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This is a huge driver for bringing down the cost of the space economy in general and has been the opportunity for creating many other new space companies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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These past two days have reinforced for me the importance of codifying principles and creating a road map to achieve them.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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After reading Wuoronos’ story, Pralle began conversing with her through letters, eventually persuading Wuornos to let Pralle adopt her.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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That could help with a key goal of the new transit line — persuading people who commute by car to give a more comfortable bus experience a try.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Carmody said production downtime is a big issue for companies in the processing industry, with it at times costing thousands of dollars for each minute a processing machine isn't on.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Oct. 2025
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Suddenly, ferries and small water taxis become economically viable, costing 10-15 times less than traditional boats of their size.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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When the wafer is rinsed, these clumps redeposit onto the surface, causing the defects.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Federal regulators also have opened yet another investigation into Tesla’s self-driving feature after dozens of incidents in which the cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and causing injuries.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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From her early years as a spot-on Toddlers & Tiaras contestant to convincing husband Mark Consuelos to go as Travis Kelce to her Taylor Swift for one of the cutest couples costumes of Halloween 2023, here are Kelly Ripa's most impressive Halloween get-ups over the years.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Sherrill has the herculean task of convincing New Jersey voters to keep Democrats in power.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
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In addition, the extension has been storing and fetching dislike counts that users have placed for new videos since 2021.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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In his school classroom Hinds’s mantra is sankofa, the West African concept of fetching what is valuable from the past to feed the present and future.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Along with this new relentless fast pace, the Heat tweaked the offense to use fewer pick-and-rolls, fewer handoffs and fewer play calls while generating more paint attacks this season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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Wiley added that Barrett-Jackson is good at generating excitement for the vehicles, so the car could get even more than his top line estimate of $1 million.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Other younger-generation consumers say there’s really no advantage to using cash and complain that getting some wastes time.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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See all the stars getting SCAD to the bone below.—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Bringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bringing. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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