BRINGING ON Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

bringing on

verb

present participle of bring on

as in causing

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 bringing on Each one requires hiring staff, bringing on outside contractors and service providers, and setting up systems to track outcomes. —

Max Crowley, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026 Last year, Meta made a $14 billion investment in Scale AI — which operates in a similar space as Mercor — bringing on its then-28-year-old founder Alexandr Wang as its chief AI officer. —

Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026 Plus, learn when bringing on the help of a tax relief professional can be warranted. —

Jessica Walrack, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026 Hamid had an eye toward bringing on another partner who’d be his counterpart, sounding board, and sometime foil. —

Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026 And while some companies are bringing on a ‘Chief Storyteller’ as a new C-Suite role, the role of the leadership to be able to tell a story is becoming more evident. —

Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026 South Africa is trying to reduce its reliance on coal and its longer-term plans include building a new nuclear power plant and bringing on board more private companies to generate electricity. —

Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 7 Jan. 2026 Walsh packaged the project through his The Walsh Company, bringing on Sweeney, who also executive produces, and Lin, who is producing under his Perfect Storm Entertainment banner. —

Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025 One of them is bringing on new Metro Nashville Police Department officers, 250 of them since O’Connell took office in 2023. —

Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025

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Israel struck oil depots in Tehran, sending up thick smoke and causing environmental alerts.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
The blast early yesterday damaged one of the entrances to the embassy, sending thick smoke into the street but causing no injuries, in what police said may have been linked to the crisis in the Middle East.

— Yarden Segev, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026