as in happened
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how did all this come about?
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Recent Examples of came about
That’s kind of the way the whole thing came about.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
The club that exists today was formed in 2014 from the merger of two teams — AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos — the latter of which also came about due to a merger in 2000.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
That’s how the Seinfeld reunion came about.
—Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
The first instance of such low correlation came about on July 31, 2023.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
The news came about a year after the two actors tied the knot after three years of dating.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2025
That’s pretty much how his breakout mixtape, February’s What the Feng, came about.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
The fruity syrup’s return came about two years after it was quietly removed from the menu.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
The solution came about when her son, Cooper, simply refused to ride in the stroller.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Jem Aswad, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
The club that exists today was formed in 2014 from the merger of two teams — AEK Kouklia and AEP Paphos — the latter of which also came about due to a merger in 2000.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
That’s how the Seinfeld reunion came about.
—Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
The first instance of such low correlation came about on July 31, 2023.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2025
The news came about a year after the two actors tied the knot after three years of dating.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2025
That’s pretty much how his breakout mixtape, February’s What the Feng, came about.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
The fruity syrup’s return came about two years after it was quietly removed from the menu.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
The solution came about when her son, Cooper, simply refused to ride in the stroller.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came about
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What happened next, according to first responders, Jasper's aunt Amber Rosen, churchgoers, hospital officials and family members of those impacted, is a blur of violence and terror with the pop-pop-pop of an assault weapon and thick black smoke from fire hanging in the air.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Canes have beaten Florida and Florida State in back-to-back years; that hasn’t happened since 2001-04.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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According to its website, there was a buzz about Dave’s from the start.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Even though there was a collection of quarterbacks to start games between the Bernie Kosar era and the 1996 relocation, this is where the quarterback wilderness count usually begins.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bill Clark, Evan's father, confirmed to The Republic on June 3 that the teens went on the trip.—
Julie Mendes,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The original Peaky Blinders series culminated with season six in 2022, shortly before Murphy went on to star in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, nabbing an Academy Award.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That just kind of came down to a sort of a puzzley kind of thing.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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The 2024 championship came down to the waning seconds of Game 5, and the New York Liberty outlasted the Minnesota Lynx in overtime.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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The agents were reportedly performing a routine patrol in Broadview, a suburb of Chicago, when the alleged assault occurred.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Witnesses told police that the shooting occurred after two parties apparently disagreed about exchanging car insurance information following a minor accident.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Oct. 2025
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