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
  • The results are delicate and beautiful, a quiet and enduring counter to the louder creativity happening across the city.
    — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Similar falls are happening elsewhere and likely to accelerate as sub-Saharan Africa succumbs to the same factors that have sped fertility declines elsewhere.
    — Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • He was scheduled to return for a break before going on to the last stage of campaigning.
    — Sonia Gandhi, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026
  • As such, the location of aurorae is a good indicator of what’s going on with a planet’s magnetic field.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Notre Dame defensive back Luke Talich tussled with the tight end before coming down with the ball for an interception.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Elsewhere, the luxury market is still coming down from its pandemic-era gains.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Even with that mentality, however, Crow-Armstrong knew something had to change coming off an underwhelming second half of the 2025 season.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Pitt is coming off a strong fall that includes his Paramount survival thriller Heart of the Beast, which has grossed nearly $200 million at the worldwide box office.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The Lake Superior State hockey team pulled off an awesome move for the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald going down.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Citi also cut its Nvidia price target, going down to $285 from $315.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The model predicted that this effect was concentrated in those cells rather than occurring broadly across other cell types.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Parsons was not the only Board member at the meeting to reference an ongoing school culture issue at New Trier, which many noted has been occurring for decades.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Important this year is the image of the brilliant yellow daffodil, of which the city plans to plant 250,000 bulbs in the coming months.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • This time around, their performance arrived on the tail of North American and European legs of their Reality Awaits tour, which will bring them to Mexico, South America, and Australia in the coming months.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026

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“Coming about.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coming%20about. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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