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View definitions for come to light

come to light

verb as in surface

Strong matches

verb as in transpire

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When news of sweeping changes at the steelworks first came to light at the start of 2024, huge uncertainty faced thousands of families.

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In the same meeting that the alleged embezzlement scheme came to light, the district’s superintendent suddenly resigned.

When the horrors surrounding the murder of toddler Ethan Ives-Griffiths came to light, details of the violent household he lived in, did not surprise everyone.

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Lawyers for the claimants successfully argued that new evidence had come to light, and they did not know how information was being covertly acquired at the time.

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On Monday, Hollinrake asked the commission to revisit the case pointing to leaked emails - apparently from a Labour Together lawyer to Mr McSweeney - that had come to light.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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