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I promise: making one mistake will not bring about the apocalypse.
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The liquidity, stability, and wealth effect brought about by this influx of funds could potentially inject vitality into the consumer market at the turn of the year.
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Li Jun, WWD, 9 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, in a separate NY Post report, Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, said the president was ready to double down on sanctions for Russia to increase pressure to bring about an end to the war.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 9 Feb. 2025
More than three decades later, the devastation caused by the Oakland Hills firestorm pales compared to that brought about by the Los Angeles fires in January, with at least 12,000 homes, businesses and other structures estimated to have been destroyed.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The tension increased in 2019, when anger over the country’s economic collapse (brought about by corruption) prompted some Lebanese Shiites to take to the streets with other Lebanese communities and chant for change.
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Hanin Ghaddar, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2025
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First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of bring about was
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“Bring about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bring%20about. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
bring about
verb
: to cause to happen : accomplish
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