as in causes
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 brings on
PDFs are a common file format, but editing them on a PC commonly brings on a headache.
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PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
There is plenty Bader brings on paper.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Summer also brings on rainstorms with lightning and flash flooding.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
The decades-long rivalry brings on various pre-game festivities and bonfires.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Those gases linger and circle the Earth, causing global warming and climate change that brings on more severe weather, such as rainstorms and intense summer heat.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
There is plenty Bader brings on paper.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Summer also brings on rainstorms with lightning and flash flooding.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
The decades-long rivalry brings on various pre-game festivities and bonfires.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Those gases linger and circle the Earth, causing global warming and climate change that brings on more severe weather, such as rainstorms and intense summer heat.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brings on
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The build-up of bacteria causes fermentation and an increase in internal gas pressure, forcing sap to ooze from wounds or cracks in the bark.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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Attracted by our body heat, carbon dioxide and even certain scents, mosquitoes bite by injecting saliva, which causes the infamous red bump and relentless itch.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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The hydrogel’s design creates a huge challenge space.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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Sourcing & Methodology This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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There is a bus system (rides start at €2) that connects most of the major tourist sites in Palma, and a railway (round trip, €40) that brings passengers to some other sites, including Sollér.—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Each mission to the ISS, each rocket launch, each experiment on human adaptation brings us closer to understanding how to survive in space.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Jenkins plays within himself, generates paint touches that collapse opposing defenses and can score from all three levels.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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An infrastructure project for AI that generates $60 billion in total revenue over six years, for example, would have a gross margin of 35%, the company said during a presentation.—
Brody Ford,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Your intellectual curiosity prompts you to analyze people and your surroundings.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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His roving life inevitably prompts questions.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Milwaukee does the little things, and is opportunistic and fundamentally sound.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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So does Stagier Bar, with creations like dumplings filled with lomo saltado, a Peruvian dish of sautéed beef that hints at the chef Joel Baeza’s Latin American roots.—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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As Preferred Hotels & Resorts CEO Lindsey Ueberroth remarks, the initiative draws on insights from the brand’s 2025 Luxury Travel Report, which showed that most affluent travelers crave once-in-a-lifetime moments, particularly experiential travel curated by insiders.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
21 Oct. 2025
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The technique draws on both local craftsmanship and digital design, to produce a frame that flexes during an earthquake.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Oct. 2025
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But the same reaction also produces potentially harmful compounds, including one known as advanced glycation end products (AGEs).—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Lounas is a key figure in France’s arthouse and indie genre scene as the founder of the Capricci film group, while his partner Bonnefoy produces under the associated Bobi Lux label, which produced Vincent Must Die.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Brings on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brings%20on. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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