as in to cause
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
I promise: making one mistake will not bring about the apocalypse
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Recent Examples of bring about
The proposal was first announced in January as part of President Joe Biden’s crackdown on junk fees and attempt to bring about more transparency on charges including on airline tickets, live events, car rentals, hotels, banking services, retirement advice and credit cards.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
But there’s another means, at least as important: by volunteering, advocating or donating to support nonprofit and charitable organizations that work to bring about change and offer help where it’s most desperately needed.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
Here, breathtaking views and moments of quiet contemplation amid the pine forests and Spanish moss might bring about a spiritual awakening.
—Mark Lakin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
Conservatives’ focus on trans rights is merely the next front in the attacks that brought about the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
—Anthony D. Romero, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2024
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
But there’s another means, at least as important: by volunteering, advocating or donating to support nonprofit and charitable organizations that work to bring about change and offer help where it’s most desperately needed.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
Here, breathtaking views and moments of quiet contemplation amid the pine forests and Spanish moss might bring about a spiritual awakening.
—Mark Lakin, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024
Conservatives’ focus on trans rights is merely the next front in the attacks that brought about the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
—Anthony D. Romero, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2024
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At least one of these strikes will drag on for weeks, causing meaningful disruption.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Rafael Alvarez’s guilty plea marks the downfall of a tax preparer whose schemes caused immense damage to the US tax system.Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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This instance has created a perfect storm for long-term health problems.Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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President Joe Biden is prepared to veto legislation that would create new federal judgeships for President-elect Donald Trump to fill, a move that would give him the most presidential vetoes since Bill Clinton.Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Dec. 2024
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Kahne brings a wealth of experience and success to the forthcoming season.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Saturday brought a small flurry of transactions, as the Guardians and Diamondbacks made a trade and Paul Goldschmidt and Carlos Santana found 2025 homes.Keith Law, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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The Knicks have also generated more turnovers lately.James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Near the halfway mark, the crackling sounds Bachman generated from his smoke photographs begin to arrive in layers, creating subtle rhythms under his guitar.Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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The original wedding site was quite a ways outside Vancouver, where the show is primarily filmed, but concerns about the limited options for pivoting in case the unpredictable June weather interfered prompted them to move the location three or four days before filming took place.Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Tesla’s stock has surged since CEO Elon Musk helped bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, but its auto business has been sluggish, prompting the company to offer discounts in the hopes of juicing sales.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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But making homemade eggnog that’s safe is easier said than done.Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Television—as noise, as news, as something to do instead of killing yourself—stalks the text of this lyric, undermining the poetic form’s association with idyll.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
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In 2008, 14 people, including three young children, were sickened with E. coli found in raw milk produced by a dairy in Simsbury.Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
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Willams produces and narrates the film and seems to have given the screenwriters Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole and Gracey the go-ahead to rip him to shreds.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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