as in to happen
to take place
how did all this come about?
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Recent Examples of come about
That’s really how that came about.
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
This has all come about in just a couple of years.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
The amount of confusion that would come about is quite vast.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
How did the opportunity to write a book come about?
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2025
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
This has all come about in just a couple of years.
—David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
The amount of confusion that would come about is quite vast.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
How did the opportunity to write a book come about?
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come about
Verb
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When this happens, visibilities frequently drop to one-quarter of a mile or less.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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When that happens, the FAA slows traffic into some airports to ensure safe operations.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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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
Verb
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The food truck’s hot holding unit clearly wasn’t so hot, either, as a summer afternoon rainstorm of Stop Sales came down on oxtails, pork chop, salmon, macaroni and cheese, grits, raw chicken, raw pork, liquid eggs, raw tilapia, salmon salad, sausage and hot dogs.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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So, survival might come down to her making and selling more star quilts.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Will Woll’s return to the Leafs come earlier than the organization anticipated?—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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And 74 of those came when Donovan Olugbode was open for three receptions.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Most of the strikes occur in the summer, killing 20 people each year, according to the NWS.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Nov. 2025
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The planetary backspin occurs amidst two Mercury retrogrades — that's right, this transit will add to the intensity.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Come about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/come%20about. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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