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as in caused
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
in the end, the lawsuit brought distress to everyone, including the plaintiff
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as in persuaded
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request
nothing will ever bring her to admit she's wrong
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as in cost
to have a price of
the antique will probably bring at least $1000 at auction
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Recent Examples of brought
County officials attributed increasing mosquito activity to warmer temperatures brought by climate change.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
As for texts, almost all messages sent between iPhones should be encrypted end-to-end by Apple’s iMessage system, and Google’s implementation of the RCS standard has brought end-to-end encryption to most Android-to-Android messaging.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
The combination brought them their second straight NBA Cup win — a 123-118 final.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
An Ad Hoc Committee process brought 50 volunteers donating thousands of hours together with untold director time to produce plans to revive the historic stables, restart the community programs of the past, and guide the stables toward a bright and profitable future serving the public.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Much of the northern part of the state, generally from Interstate 80 to Oregon, has seen multiple storms in recent weeks that have soaked dry landscapes and brought snow to the Sierra Nevada.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
The team brought German filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt on board to direct the film and cowrite the screenplay with Liptrot.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Bassem Naim, a Hamas political official, denied the allegations, sayin the woman was brought over to Gaza from Iraq by a Palestinian man.
—NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Poems $24 BOOKSHOP Jodie Turner-Smith Everyone has hopped on the bell hooks train at one point or another—including Turner-Smith, who brought All About Love as her companion to Milan Fashion Week.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
As for texts, almost all messages sent between iPhones should be encrypted end-to-end by Apple’s iMessage system, and Google’s implementation of the RCS standard has brought end-to-end encryption to most Android-to-Android messaging.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
The combination brought them their second straight NBA Cup win — a 123-118 final.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
An Ad Hoc Committee process brought 50 volunteers donating thousands of hours together with untold director time to produce plans to revive the historic stables, restart the community programs of the past, and guide the stables toward a bright and profitable future serving the public.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Much of the northern part of the state, generally from Interstate 80 to Oregon, has seen multiple storms in recent weeks that have soaked dry landscapes and brought snow to the Sierra Nevada.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
The team brought German filmmaker Nora Fingscheidt on board to direct the film and cowrite the screenplay with Liptrot.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Bassem Naim, a Hamas political official, denied the allegations, sayin the woman was brought over to Gaza from Iraq by a Palestinian man.
—NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Poems $24 BOOKSHOP Jodie Turner-Smith Everyone has hopped on the bell hooks train at one point or another—including Turner-Smith, who brought All About Love as her companion to Milan Fashion Week.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brought
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Having persuaded many leading brands and designers to stop using fur and leather, animal rights activists have set their sights on convincing more brands to do away with down feathers.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
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Her intractability eventually persuaded Kishan Patel and Teeny Chirichillo to flip the script and vote Aysha out instead.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Loading your audio article FORT COLLINS — After a violent outburst almost cost him everything, Avery Morrow was determined to get his life back on track.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Lightweight, distraction-free writing apps tend to cost the least, at anywhere from $10 to $30 apiece.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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For each service ticket, there’s a range of data available, including when the ticket was created and resolved, where multi-hops occurred and where the service process stalled or ran into difficulties.Shoeb Javed, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Five Trail is the flagship whiskey brand under Coors Spirits, created as a blend of American whiskies.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Bean and Smith were seen on video wrestling with Nichols and holding his arms, while also hitting him, but the jury was not convinced those actions amounted to civil rights violations.Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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The clients were easily convinced.Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
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These products typically rely on datasets trained on massive amounts of existing material, an approach that has generated anxiety among some artists, who worry their work is being vacuumed up without credit or compensation.Leslie Katz, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Tom Hatten, the founder of Mountainside Fitness who is leading the campaign for the Back the Blue Act, said the measure would show first responders they are supported in Arizona at a time when policing across the nation has generated intense scrutiny.Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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SpaceX’s beefs with regulators over policies, timelines and recent environmental and safety violations have spawned broad speculation about when Starship could next fly from South Texas.Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Hip males in their 20s and dads in business suits stop by in equal measure to touch the luxe calfskin of the boot-sneaker with the exaggerated tongue that has spawned countless copycats.Mimi Lombardo, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2024
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As the pursuit of non-hallucinogenic psychedelics advances, the definition of a trip as something induced by a discrete set of substances is set to evolve alongside them.Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2024
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Subsequently, shining visible light on the entire filter paper induced a photochemical ring-opening reaction, erasing the pattern created through the application of heat.Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Oct. 2024
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The Outrun arrives in theaters just a few weeks ahead of another Ronan project, Blitz—a glossy World War II epic produced by Apple Studios and helmed by 12 Years a Slave filmmaker Steve McQueen.Keaton Bell, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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Both the centerline propeller and thruster are electric and draw power from an efficient DC electrical grid supplied entirely by fuel cells directly running on methanol produced from renewable source.Bill Springer, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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