coming about

present participle of come about

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of coming about So even after a summer in which Miami acquired a two-time MVP (Giannis Antetokounmpo) and another future Hall of Famer (Klay Thompson), the questions keep coming about which player the Heat can now add to put it over the top. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026 But to answer your question, yes, there is stuff coming about the other silos. — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026 About $10 million in premium exchanged hands, with the biggest single trades coming about a half-hour after the announcement when someone bought 2,000 8-strike calls expiring in November and December for about $510,000. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 This shift might be coming about due to nostalgia, a desire to restore an older home to its roots, or a need to confine certain activities and items to certain areas. — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 20 July 2026 Police then shot Kirby in two more hails of gunfire, with the first and last shots coming about 17 seconds apart, video showed. — David K. Li, NBC news, 15 May 2026 That alone suggests there very well may be a sequel coming about the latter, much more controversial half of the King of Pop’s reign. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coming about
Verb
  • Why young drinkers are swapping bars for saunas The shift is happening alongside a broader pullback from alcohol.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Rob and Ian must have gone home wondering what on earth was happening.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • About 4,400 workers are prohibited from going on strike because they are deemed essential to public health and safety.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • And the other film is about a Jordanian farmer and the water loss in Jordan, because there’s a whole political situation going on with water being stolen by Israel.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Black’s wife, who had summoned Bell, was concerned that her husband was coming down with a cold.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • There is a lot of money in the market, but some of it appears to be receding and the number of commissions is coming down.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Warm, moist air moving north fuels storms coming off the California coast.
    — Wufei Yu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The ‘Noles are coming off a 44-0 shellacking of a good Spruce Creek team.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Top Commanders wideout Terry McLaurin had to be carted off the field in the first half with an apparent left knee injury after going down without contact.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The sun going down over Coleman Pond, which sits at the back of Katz’s Lincolnville property.
    — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Damaging wind and cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In 2005, researchers identified naturally occurring variants in PCSK9, which is produced in the liver, among African American participants.
    — Segun Fatumo, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The flooding is just the latest from two months of on-and-off heavy rain caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The flooding is just the latest episode in two months of on-and-off heavy rain in the region caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.
    — Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

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“Coming about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20about. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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