Thesaurus results for CO-OCCURRENCE

co-occurrence

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Recent Examples of co-occurrence Overlapping risk factors and immune system vulnerability likely explain the co-occurrence of these two cancers. — Health Editorial Team, Health, 3 Dec. 2025

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Marquez's murder shocked Mexico — where killings and kidnappings are a daily occurrence — and brought into sharp focus both its femicide epidemic and growing violence against influencers.

— CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Diving deeper into this chart, since 1994, there have been 6 occurrences of the Fed moving the policy rate higher after a prolonged period of declining or flat rates.

— Todd Gordon, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026

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The dynamic between Nanzhi and the father figure in the film tracked almost exactly onto her own relationship with her father in real life — a coincidence that extended to the actor playing that role, who also has a daughter.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026
In a lunar coincidence, Friday's launch coincided with the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 astronauts' return to Earth after their historic moon landing flight.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of coincidence

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But while national leaders and diplomats work to free up crucial waterways through which much of the world’s trade passes, another transport phenomenon is tentatively underway.

— Firmesk Rahim, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026
Unsurprisingly, the season has been a phenomenon on social media.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of phenomenon

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Federal legislative efforts, including the FRONTIER Act, are emerging, focusing on risk assessments and incident reporting.

— Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
But that conviction was dismissed after the revelation that a juror in the trial had not disclosed a domestic violence incident in her own background in order to win a seat on the panel, The Denver Post reports.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

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