came about

verb

past tense of come about
as in happened
to take place how did all this come about?

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Recent Examples of came about Those calls came about an hour after several calls reporting loud music and a large gathering of vehicles. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 20 July 2026 The longtime friends told the publication that their collaboration for the different wedding attire came about during a casual dinner. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026 Burnough’s relationship with the Obamas came about through mutual connections. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026 But the same couldn’t be said for how the goal came about — a deep cross delivered by Xavi — or how it was finished. — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026 The new location came about through one of those relationships. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026 By decade’s end, however, the idea of continuing the Evil Dead franchise after Army of Darkness was in limbo until the idea of reimaging the original Evil Dead movie came about. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 The trail came about when the Adventure Cycling Association and several federal, state, and local government agencies teamed up to realize their vision of building the largest public bike route network in the world. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026 Coward came about with the help of the Tax Shelter Measure of the Belgian Federal Government, Casa Kafka & Lumière Invest. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came about
  1. happened
  2. was
  3. went on
  4. came down
  5. came
  6. occurred
Verb
  • What happened in Atlanta was so traumatic that, even three days on, its effects are still being felt.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • But that’s all happened in spite of the politicians, certainly not because of them.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of happened
Verb
  • Unsurprisingly, there was a strong Premier League presence among the leading clubs represented, but Crystal Palace and Sunderland will be particularly happy with their players’ exploits.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • There was something so sinister about FIFA pushing the idea of diversity while bending the knee to a government working to discard the real thing.
    — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Definition of was
Verb
  • Truelove went on to call him out by name, then demanded to know Roker’s whereabouts.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026
  • This tie-up went on to win Collaboration of the Year at the 2022 Footwear News Achievement Awards.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Definition of went on
Verb
  • Four days into the seven-day cruise, my wife came down with Type A flu and was quarantined in our small, windowless cabin.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 19 July 2026
  • During production, O’Neil came down with a mild case of dengue fever that kept him at their hotel for some days.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 10 July 2026
Definition of came down
Verb
  • 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
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of came
Verb
  • The earthquake's epicenter was about 7 miles southeast of Willits and occurred at a depth of 3 miles.
    — CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
  • The shootings occurred in Maine and Texas, and ICE has acknowledged the men that were killed were not the target of the operations, but were in the country illegally.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of occurred

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“Came about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20about. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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