come into being
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The term post-traumatic stress disorder did not come into being until the Vietnam War and was not added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders until 1980.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
So, how did this spectacular park come into being and who should be credited?
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023
A GBR transition team is in place, but legislation is necessary for the organisation to come into being.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2022
They may have different form factors or come into being at different moments in time.
From The Verge • Aug. 2, 2022
Hipparchus anticipated that stars come into being, slowly move during the course of centuries and eventually perish; it was he who first catalogued the positions and magnitudes of the stars to detect such changes.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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