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Recent Examples of brought about
Speaking at the Fortune Global Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Al-Falih said the rapid pace of tech innovation, changes in trade policies, and the rise of new markets in the Global South have brought about massive change.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Our initial days as newlyweds brought about unique challenges.
—Maggie MacIntosh, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
Fattman brought about an early end to Monday’s Senate session by doubting the presence of a quorum.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Whatever the truth about Gandalf’s past, staying with Seymour has brought about a gradual transformation.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
But the potential catastrophe of famine, brought about by an untested planet-wide experiment to only slightly increase our electrical production capacity, seems like a cost-heavy, benefit-light endeavor.
—Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
Led by the National Association of Audubon Societies’ vocal opposition, the grassroots environmental movement that followed brought about laws prohibiting the hunting and sale of bird feathers.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
The Institutional Revolution Kikvadze has had a front-row seat in the rooms where key decisions were made that brought about Bitcoin’s transformation.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
But let’s be very clear that Hamas’s newfound flexibility would not by itself have brought about this deal.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Our initial days as newlyweds brought about unique challenges.
—Maggie MacIntosh, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
Fattman brought about an early end to Monday’s Senate session by doubting the presence of a quorum.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Whatever the truth about Gandalf’s past, staying with Seymour has brought about a gradual transformation.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
But the potential catastrophe of famine, brought about by an untested planet-wide experiment to only slightly increase our electrical production capacity, seems like a cost-heavy, benefit-light endeavor.
—Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
Led by the National Association of Audubon Societies’ vocal opposition, the grassroots environmental movement that followed brought about laws prohibiting the hunting and sale of bird feathers.
—Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
The Institutional Revolution Kikvadze has had a front-row seat in the rooms where key decisions were made that brought about Bitcoin’s transformation.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
But let’s be very clear that Hamas’s newfound flexibility would not by itself have brought about this deal.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brought about
Verb
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At the same time, inflation has caused pain.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The chairman claimed his words had been taken out of context, but his comments were splashed across the back of the newspapers and caused a storm of controversy.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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See our fan gallery created by Courier Journal photographer Scott Utterback.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Examples include the hospitality boxes F1 has created with Lewis Hamilton and Gordon Ramsay for 2025.—
Patrick Iversen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Eileen has freshly embraced sobriety, and has brought her manuscript with her in the hopes of impressing several key mucky-mucks in attendance.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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Brown brought a full R&B coalition with him in Summer Walker, Bryson Tiller and Jhené Aiko, proving that Beyoncé isn’t the only R&B powerhouse capable of pulling stadium-level receipts.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Melissa generated torrential rains, causing flooding with more than 12 inches of rain estimated, CNN reported.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Swells generated by Melissa will continue to affect portions of Hispaniola, Cuba, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands for the next few days, and will spread toward Bermuda later this week, causing life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This prompted her and Hall to get into what would be their last argument.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The viral reaction prompted a studio version, which now marks the act’s 13th top 10 (fittingly) on the list.—
Russ Penuell,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some of these posts have drawn ire from other parents, spurred satire videos making fun of them with millions of views, and even spawned satirical groups making fun of their larger campus ones.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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These differences reveal the chemistry of the molecular cloud of gas that spawned the comet and its home star system over seven billion years ago, allowing astronomers to make direct comparisons between the chemistry of the solar system and of the original home of 3I/ATLAS.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There are alternative sources for jobs data, such as ADP’s private-sector payrolls and proxies produced by the Chicago Fed, which Goolsbee oversees, but few good ways to track consumer prices.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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My introduction to complex works was New American Radio, produced by Helen Thorington and Regine Beyer in the 1980s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Both were brought on last year.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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For many people in both groups, the lapse in congressional appropriations has brought on new financial strain in a year that has already been tough.—
Jenny Abamu,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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