How to Use come about in a Sentence
come about
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The call to the home in the Payne-Phalen area came about 7:20 p.m. Monday.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 May 2024
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And then that record came about, and that’s kind of the end of the story.
—Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2024
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How does the project work and how did this song come about?
—Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022
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His dad's best friend was one of the friends who helped the coop come about.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
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The background check portion of the law came about in a unique way.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
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But the big surprise of the night was to come about halfway through their set.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
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Outside of that, the parts came first and then the casting came about after the fact.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2024
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The Start of the Wobble The first tremor came about a year and a half after Imbrie’s proof.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
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That shift has come about thanks in no small part to state support.
—Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
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How did that concept come about and getting him on the show?
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
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How did Not Dead Yet come about, and what attracted you to the role of Nell?
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2023
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How did the idea for How to Change Everything come about?
—Emily Chan, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2021
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There’s quite a strong narrative in the EP, how did that come about?
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
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Or did that come about somewhere in the creative process?
—Chris Ritter, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2024
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The Buckeyes came about half a football short of their first shutout since 2019.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
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When, and how, did the idea for the book Ferrari: From Inside and Outside come about?
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
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That’s how the country album [Through His Eyes] came about.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
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And how did the idea to make Kick Out of the Jams a live album, to make a live album your debut, come about?
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2024
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The moment comes about 52 minutes into the beloved film.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024
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The filing comes about a month after the SEC sued Musk to force him to testify.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
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His arrest came about a month after his garage caught fire.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 July 2024
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Izzy: How that came about was a lot of the cast was hanging out together at a bar so Johnie was there.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
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This new walk-up window came about after building a new kitchen in the back of the restaurant about a year ago.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2024
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The way the opening goal came about is indeed a metaphor for how Bayern’s season has gone.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
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In terms of that messiness thing, that's something that came about as the writing was going on.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
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Why did Reagan agree to do an interview, and how did that come about?
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2020
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This brew crew has a long history This beer dinner came about a month or two ago.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
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Yet those discounts came about four months after the iPhone 14 Pro’s release.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
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The fourth sketch came about five years later, soon after Victoria took the throne.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2024
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Wesley Snipes recalls how the idea of reprising his superhero role as Blade in Deadpool and Wolverine came about.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 30 July 2024
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