come about
verb
came about; come about; coming about; comes about
1
: happen
2
: to change direction
the wind has come about into the north
3
: to shift to a new tack
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Examples of come about in a Sentence
how did all this come about?
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Bandit's closing comes about six weeks after the Mission Group announced a transformation of its Vigilante Kitchen + Bar space to Epiphany — Nain Rouge Kitchen, a new restaurant concept from Detroit’s Soil2Service nonprofit and its Detroit Institute of Gastronomy culinary program.
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
Lopez’s time spent in New York comes about following her recent trip to Europe without Affleck.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 7 July 2024
Lipa’s headlining set at the festival comes about a month after her latest album Radical Optimism debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, her highest peak to date.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 July 2024
The incident comes about a month after two German tourists were stabbed and a third person injured in apparently unprovoked attacks near the Santa Monica Pier in late May.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
Lopez’s time spent in New York comes about following her recent trip to Europe without Affleck.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 7 July 2024
Lipa’s headlining set at the festival comes about a month after her latest album Radical Optimism debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, her highest peak to date.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 July 2024
The incident comes about a month after two German tourists were stabbed and a third person injured in apparently unprovoked attacks near the Santa Monica Pier in late May.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
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“Come about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20about. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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