bring about
Britishverb
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to cause to happen
to bring about a change in the law
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to turn (a ship) around
Example Sentences
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If negotiations were to resume, it’s unclear whether Trump and his coterie of negotiators have the stamina or the foreign service expertise to bring about an accord.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Economists and investors have since worried that bad numbers could bring about the dismissal of statisticians, while good ones could be greeted skeptically by the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
That first listing did not bring about the Hollywood ending that Mirren, 80, and Hackford, 81, had hoped for.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Burnham has yet to set out how his plan to bring about "the biggest rebalancing of power our country has ever seen" would work alongside Jones's reformed Whitehall.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
She knew that gaining the vote would give women an important tool to bring about the entire social agenda she envisioned, since her membership and support for her cause were largely female.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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