as in to happen
to take place
how did all this come about?
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Recent Examples of come about
This payment came about 1 hour and 45 minutes after The Sacramento Bee emailed CNU President and CEO Alvin Cheung for comment about the tax default.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The circus element came about through producer connections, Djonny Chen of Silent D Pictures, but Chong immediately saw its potential as a metaphor for the immigrant experience.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
The legislation came about after a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report on the practice.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
How did your new EP, Evil Weirdness, come about?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The circus element came about through producer connections, Djonny Chen of Silent D Pictures, but Chong immediately saw its potential as a metaphor for the immigrant experience.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
The legislation came about after a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report on the practice.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
How did your new EP, Evil Weirdness, come about?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come about
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There was a chill in the air, but for Liverpool’s midfielder, newly arrived from Spain, the real culture shock was what happened on the pitch.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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At the time, authorities said several companies operated on the Accurate Energetic Systems property, but the blast happened in an area operated by Rio Ammunition.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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According to the new research, which analyzed data from 125,000 children, there was a 36% decline in all food allergies between 2012 and 2020.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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There are also ramifications for the agriculture industry and food production.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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When New Jersey suddenly came down hard on business, neighbouring Delaware decided to rewrite its rulebook to scoop up companies fleeing the state.—
Jan Hammer,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The bottom line is that when the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, borrowing costs generally will come down; however, the offset is that the rate of return for checking and savings accounts will fall.—
Kevin Cerveny,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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The protests come amid a federal government shutdown now in its 18th day, broader immigration enforcement operations, and the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago and Los Angeles.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Regulators say more crashes may come Tesla's latest FSD software update arrived just days before the investigation began.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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The arrest occurred during a break at a hearing regarding ex-wife Denise Richards' restraining order against him.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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The History of Emily Montague was published in 1769, but the Canadian Confederation—the alliance of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia into an independent country separate from Great Britain—didn’t occur until 1867.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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