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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 brings about
Sometimes — as in the dozen or so stories highlighted here — this work brings about policy changes, public safety improvements, protections for vulnerable residents and accountability from powerful institutions.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Morgan said this often brings about serious consequences.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The privacy problem Agentic AI browsers have access to much more user data than traditional search engines, which brings about a host of privacy concerns.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
All the changes midlife brings about—menopause, empty nesting, changes in your professional and personal life—can indeed usher in a lot of fear, doubt and stress.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Oct. 2025
Hamas has called for a proposal that brings about a comprehensive end to the war in exchange for the release of the hostages.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Morgan said this often brings about serious consequences.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The privacy problem Agentic AI browsers have access to much more user data than traditional search engines, which brings about a host of privacy concerns.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
All the changes midlife brings about—menopause, empty nesting, changes in your professional and personal life—can indeed usher in a lot of fear, doubt and stress.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 9 Oct. 2025
Hamas has called for a proposal that brings about a comprehensive end to the war in exchange for the release of the hostages.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brings about
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Duesberg kept making his argument well after evidence that the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, causes AIDS became incontestable.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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According to Tuff, what causes leaders to miss these paradigm shifts is not ignorance but hesitation.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Amazon’s staggering jobs cuts this week, the second wave since October, brings the commerce giant’s recent layoffs to roughly 9% of its corporate workforce.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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On top of clarity, this lunation brings recognition or closure, particularly for a long-term professional goal.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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Calvo's second executive order creates a task force to review business licenses in the city that may have ties to Cuba's government, with the potential for licenses to be revoked.—
Ivan Taylor,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The authors never claimed to have demonstrated that such reading generates feelings of empathy, though others—including the New York Times—have sometimes confused those high scores as evidence of empathy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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For example, the 8K Milky Way stitching feature automatically generates mosaics far wider than a single frame.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Jan. 2026
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The emission of this thermal radiation acts as a weak thrust that prompts the rotation of the asteroid to speed up — a phenomenon known as the YORP effect (in honor of Yarkovsk, O'Keefe, Radzievskii and Paddack, four scientists who were key to its discovery).—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Stimulating the vagus nerve can actually send calming signals from the body to the brain, which Bianchini says then prompts the release of calming neurotransmitters.—
Jessie Quinn,
Flow Space,
27 Jan. 2026
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While not every product in the brand’s SOS collection includes hypochlorous acid (an excellent anti-acneic ingredient), the serum does.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2026
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When an older condo building sits on valuable land in a desirable neighborhood, like Biscayne 21 does, developers often see it as an opportunity to tear down the old and replace it with a newer, more profitable luxury condo building.—
Catherine Odom
January 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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