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 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

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Verb

With competitive midterm races happening in nearly all of the early states, potential Democratic presidential candidates are already on the trail with purple-district incumbents and candidates.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
However, when one of those controls is compromised, resilience depends on having independent means of understanding what is actually happening across the environment.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of happening

Verb

There’s a lot going on that reminded me of that 2019 season there.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
The Athletic stands there slightly awkwardly, simultaneously trying to see what’s going on while, at the same time, trying not to get in anyone’s way.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of going on

Verb

Jones intercepted Jay Kastantin on Bowling Green’s second offensive possession, coming down with a ball tipped by Williams Nwaneri at the line of scrimmage.

— Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
The easiest way to know which trends are coming down the pipeline is to look to stylish celebrities who have access to the coolest pieces.

— Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming down

Verb

Young is coming off a ferocious couple of live years, first with Crazy Horse and then with the Chrome Hearts.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
Lead actor Anthony Ippolito, who landed the part with an unsolicited self-tape, disappears into the garbled diction and hangdog stubbornness of a young Stallone without ever coming off as a mere impression of a person.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming off

Verb

And while the club escaped with a draw after going down 2-0 on Friday, results elsewhere have given KC a bit of cushion at the playoff cut line.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
Still, all signs continue to point to the trade’s going down … eventually.

— Law Murray, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of going down

Verb

Rather than filtering contaminants out and concentrating them into waste, this method uses ozone gas and naturally occurring microbes to break contaminants down instead of just isolating them.

— Piper Heath, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
As for the sextile aspect, this allows room for our personal instincts to merge with the change occurring in the collective.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of occurring

Verb

Earlier in the year, the Yankees viewed Jones as a platoon bat, with nearly the entirety of his playing time coming against right-handers.

— Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Large numbers of Canadian snowbirds typically flock to warm-weather locations in Florida, Arizona and California when temperatures drop at home, making the coming months a test of whether the grassroots boycott will extend into another winter.

— Rio Yamat, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

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