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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcome into being/be brought into beingcome into being/be brought into beingSTART TO HAPPEN, EXIST ETCto start to exist  a law that first came into being in 1912 → beingExamples from the Corpuscome into being/be brought into being• New democracies have come into being since the end of the Cold War.

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Definition of come into being

: to begin to exist : to come to be The story of how the university came into being is quite fascinating.

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“Come into being.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, //www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20into%20being. Accessed 31 Aug. 2022.

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