comes about

verb

present tense third-person singular of come about
as in happens
to take place how did all this come about?

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Recent Examples of comes about The alarming milestone at Lake Powell, reached Saturday, comes about a week after the river’s other major reservoir, Lake Mead, also hit a historic low. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026 The latest flooding comes about a month after another round of flooding forced the bar to close for several days. — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026 The post comes about two weeks after Ratajkowski shared a more detailed look at her Euro Summer in Greece. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026 The news comes about seven months after Fincke experienced an unknown medical scare aboard the International Space Station that forced a premature end to what will now be his final mission for NASA. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 Indeed, flow state research shows that our optimal performance only comes about under challenging conditions. — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 The re-launch comes about nine months after a large Friend protest took place in NYC, where protestors tried to bring attention to our growing dependance on technology. — David Imel, The Verge, 30 July 2026 The hearing comes about two years after the attack at the high school, the deadliest school shooting in Georgia history. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 July 2026 Lopez’s Instagram post comes about 18 months after the singer finalized her divorce from Ben Affleck. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 24 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes about
  1. happens
  2. is
  3. comes down
  4. comes off
Verb
  • But the public should also understand what happens when institutions reduce job security while continuing to pay way less than competing employers.
    — Francisco Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • What happens there remains to be seen but, even if the EFL sees off that legal threat, this is far from the end of the organisation’s work on financial regulations — especially in the bottom two divisions.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of happens
Verb
  • There is a chance of late-day pop-up showers and storms, mainly south of Philadelphia and areas down the shore.
    — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Remaining cargoes, such as those from the United States, are also more likely to head for Asia than Europe, say analysts, because demand there is particularly strong and buyers are stumping up more.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of is
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  • There is a line between luck and serendipity that comes down to agency, The Serendipity Mindset explains.
    — Paula de la Cruz, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Couples have prenups for many reasons, but much of it comes down to discussing financial goals, avoiding additional legal work in a divorce, maintaining control over financial outcomes and avoiding a state's default divorce laws.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of comes down
Verb
  • As the backlash against Cunningham’s comments continues to pick up speed, other players have since made statements in support of trans inclusion, and the crowd at recent Fever games has been heard booing when Cunningham comes off the bench.
    — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026
  • On July 12, Fable 5 comes off subscription plans and moves to prepaid usage credits at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of comes off

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