Thesaurus results for COMING ABOUT

coming about

verb

present participle of come about

as in happening

to take place how did all this come about?

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Recent Examples of coming about 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

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The more interesting story, however, was happening inside the cockpit.

— Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Operating from the air, it is designed to help military forces detect and track activity and maintain a broader picture of what is happening around them.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of happening

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There should be plenty of opportunity for Stribling given the season-ending injury to Ricky Pearsall, Mike Evans coming off missing the most games of his career in 2025, and the departures of Jauan Jennings and Brandon Aiyuk.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Rice is coming off a major knee injury, and KC is likely to become a more run-heavy offense.

— Jess Bryant, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of coming off

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The approach also reflects a quickly occurring shift in military robotics.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Importantly, these policies should be informed by injury data so that resources are directed toward the neighborhoods, populations and circumstances where injuries are occurring most frequently.

— Narmeen Khan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of occurring

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For the first time, two worlds—once separated—are coming face to face, not through screams, but through laughter.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
Game time is coming more regularly now for the 16-year-old, having racked up almost 50 percent of his senior career minutes since the start of May.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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