as in happened
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how did all this come about?
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Recent Examples of came about
But Indiana’s biggest catch came about a year ago from the transfer portal — the oxygen that drives the current game.
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Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
Rumors of their showmance first came about in August 2019, when fans posted photos on Instagram of the pair vacationing together in Greece, per E!
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
How the Overtown museum came about Some years ago, Marilyn Holifield, co-founder of the museum and a partner in Holland & Knight, approached me about creating a museum featuring Overtown’s history, combined with art and technology.
—Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
This idea came about quite early in the writing process.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
In fact, the name came about exactly a week before this Seven Wonders journey began.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2026
In a related phenomenon, many people in East Asia have an intolerance to alcohol caused by a genetic variation that came about relatively recently during the period of rice domestication.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Those closures came about 20 months after Bloomin' Brands shuttered 41 locations in February 2024, with Outback Steakhouse restaurants making up the majority of the closures.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
That’s really how that came about.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
Rumors of their showmance first came about in August 2019, when fans posted photos on Instagram of the pair vacationing together in Greece, per E!
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
How the Overtown museum came about Some years ago, Marilyn Holifield, co-founder of the museum and a partner in Holland & Knight, approached me about creating a museum featuring Overtown’s history, combined with art and technology.
—Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
This idea came about quite early in the writing process.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
In fact, the name came about exactly a week before this Seven Wonders journey began.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2026
In a related phenomenon, many people in East Asia have an intolerance to alcohol caused by a genetic variation that came about relatively recently during the period of rice domestication.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Those closures came about 20 months after Bloomin' Brands shuttered 41 locations in February 2024, with Outback Steakhouse restaurants making up the majority of the closures.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
That’s really how that came about.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came about
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Thursday's crash happened near the city of Durban in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Nevils explains in her book how this message was jarringly confusing and led her to second-guess what had happened, ultimately leading her back to the belief that the nature of the encounter was nothing alarming.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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In between acts, there was a dance intermission featuring background dancers, including a solo female dancer performing a contemporary piece, before the stage opened to a full dance performance.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Detectives did not indicate that there was any connection between the two incidents.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Councilman Urbom then went on to gesture, looking through the barrel of a gun with one eye.—
Morgan Rynor,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Foege went on to lead the CDC and served as a senior medical adviser and senior fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
26 Jan. 2026
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Before all the heavy equipment came down Hickman Street, people had snowbanks blocking their on-street parking and had to carve out paths to walk around.—
Chris Hoffman,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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The game included 13 triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy!—
USA TODAY Staff,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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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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What appeared to be a gun was visible in the waistband of Pretti, who was carrying a handgun when his fatal encounter with Border Patrol agents occurred.—
Asra Q. Nomani , Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Growth in services consumption outpacing goods expenditure largely reflects rising average income levels and would likely have occurred even without policy support, said Duncan Wrigley, chief China economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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