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 transition comes about one year after Stern and Cohen pranked listeners by having Cohen take over the airwaves and imply that Stern was fired and that Howard 100, Stern’s main channel, was now his own. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 The story comes about a year after a New Orleans couple made a similarly mysterious discovery in their backyard. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Aidan’s birth comes about a year after Olivera and Heavy went public with their relationship in 2025. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 The letter comes about a week after Sharpton addressed the notion that he might be sued and welcomed that possibility during the event at the National Association of Black Journalists’ conference. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes about
  1. happens
  2. is
  3. comes down
  4. comes off
Verb
  • The wave nature of an atom shows itself only when the atom is barely moving, which only happens when it is cooled down to nearly absolute zero.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • So, do not assume that what usually happens at your location during El Niño will happen this time.
    — Steven Paton, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of happens
Verb
  • While Detroit currently has enough financial wiggle room to not worry about exceeding the luxury tax, there is the NBA repeater tax levied to teams that go over the luxury tax in at least three out of four seasons.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Then there is the issue of keeping the system in a quantum state.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of is
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  • And at the end of the day, Eshelman said, the tariff calculus comes down to how retailers want their core customer to perceive them.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The final say comes down to general manager Ian Cunningham, coach Kevin Stefanski and offensive coordinator Tommy Rees.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of comes down
Verb
  • Nobody comes off well; if anything, the snooty German Jews almost seem more vicious than the right-wing plotters, who are presented as mercenary and power-hungry rather than ideological.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Not to mention, the formula is easy to move, lasts from 9 to 5, and comes off glowy rather than shiny.
    — Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of comes off

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