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 Kasten said there are no current plans to sell teams to individual owners, but there has been some recent talk about bringing on additional investors, especially as more people approach the league looking for attractive sports opportunities. —

Ian Thomas, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026 Sporting made a substitution at halftime, bringing on Diego Borges, which appeared to steady things a bit for Kansas City. —

Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026 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

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Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease causing fever, respiratory symptoms and a characteristic rash and can sometimes have severe or fatal complications, especially in young children, according to WHO.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Within minutes, a dark brew of sewage, industrial waste, and stormwater was rising through basements and businesses, hospitals and the central rail station, knocking out power and causing a billion dollars in damage.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026