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the occurrence or existence of several things at once the concurrence of my birthday and the concert by my favorite band made my preference for a birthday present pretty obvious

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Recent Examples of concurrence The bill now needs a concurrence vote in the House -- basically, House sponsors accepting changes made in the Senate. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 7 May 2025 The bill had been amended so much that the House sponsors handed out flyers describing the various changes before the concurrence debate. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 7 May 2025 The Wall Street Journal editorial page cited a concurrence to the Fourth Circuit decision by Reagan appointee Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, who believes District Judge Paula Xinis’s order to the Trump administration did not violate the president’s control over foreign policy. Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 House Bill 1442 passed the Senate with a 41-4 vote and now heads back to the House for a vote of concurrence before it can be sent to the governor’s desk. Grant Coursey, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for concurrence
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Noun
  • This is an all too often occurrence in the coffee industry.
    Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Williams and Collins believe that domestic violence fueled by alcohol was a regular occurrence in the boy's home.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • There are still a number of pending cases in which courts haven’t reached any major rulings yet, such as Trump’s defunding of NPR and the government’s agreement with El Salvador to imprison migrants.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • The agreement comes during French President Macron symbolic trip to London in a first state visit for any European leader to the UK since the Brexit.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Reprinted with permission from Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
    Ekow Eshun July 11, Literary Hub, 11 July 2025
  • Noni Madueke has been given permission by Chelsea to undergo a medical with Arsenal.
    David Ornstein, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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  • This isn’t coincidence, but a direct reflection of how algorithms shape language on the internet.
    Adam Aleksic, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • Hey, what a coincidence, Le Creuset is running its Factory to Table Sale right at the very same time as Amazon Prime Day.
    Melissa Knific, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 July 2025
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  • Mixed Reactions While some universities criticize the procedure and announce retractions, others have attempted to justify the practice, revealing a troubling lack of consensus on AI ethics in academia.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
  • There’s little consensus, even going into the last days of draft prep.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Medicare Advantage plan members can face prior authorization for many services, whereas Original Medicare has considerably fewer situations requiring approval.
    Diane Omdahl, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • In January, the US Food and Drug Administration gave marketing authorization to certain nicotine pouches for the first time, allowing sales of 10 flavors of popular brand Zyn to help adult smokers quit or cut back on their tobacco use.
    Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Arsenal fans online seemed to be in unison against this potential signing, but there has since been a swell of support for Madueke.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • All 212 Democrats voted in unison against the bill, and they were joined by two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.
    Elena Moore, NPR, 3 July 2025
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  • Deloitte’s Connected Consumer survey echoes the tension: Enthusiasm for generative AI co-exists with a demand for transparency, accountability and explicit consent.
    Boris Dzhingarov, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Both of the cases were brought by book authors who alleged that AI companies had trained large language models using authors’ work without consent or compensation.
    Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025

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“Concurrence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concurrence. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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