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

The odds of a mistaken dress swap happening during the preservation process are rare, especially today with tracking technology available throughout the cleaning process, according to Schapiro.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
There’s a tremendous amount happening in J-beauty, C-beauty, and now India too.

— Kapila Ireland, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of happening

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About 4,400 workers are prohibited from going on strike because they are deemed essential to public health and safety.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
And the other film is about a Jordanian farmer and the water loss in Jordan, because there’s a whole political situation going on with water being stolen by Israel.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of going on

Verb

Although Wall Street estimates are likely coming down once analysts have had a chance to sharpen their pencils and update their models, investors can take comfort in knowing that the stock is now reflecting a more realistic path in the recovery.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Black’s wife, who had summoned Bell, was concerned that her husband was coming down with a cold.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of coming down

Verb

The Browns head to Pittsburgh to face the 5-2 Steelers, who are coming off a long but happy flight home from Paris after beating the New Orleans Saints 16-10 last Sunday.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
In 1980, Barret, along with Brian Cooke and Arne Sultan, created the sitcom Too Close For Comfort, a vehicle for Knight, who was coming off an immensely popular run as the vain anchorman Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of coming off

Verb

But everything changed for the worse this week, with Williams and Cason Wallace both going down with injuries that could sideline them for the entire season.

— Dan Woike, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Top Commanders wideout Terry McLaurin had to be carted off the field in the first half with an apparent left knee injury after going down without contact.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of going down

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Operando Raman spectroscopy tracks chemical changes occurring at electrode surfaces, while electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measures changes in electrical resistance.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Businesses also need continuity plans that consider several failures occurring together, such as a cyclone followed by power cuts and transport disruption.

— Sibi Arasu, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of occurring

Verb

The flooding is just the latest from two months of on-and-off heavy rain caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The flooding is just the latest episode in two months of on-and-off heavy rain in the region caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.

— Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

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