as in occurred
to take place
did anything exciting happen over the summer?
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Recent Examples of happened
The crash, like most in Sacramento, happened at night on a dangerous road.
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
Ford, who also opened The Butcher’s Club in Palm Beach Gardens in 2022, can’t quite believe everything that has happened in the past few months.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
What happened around the NFC East?
—Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
When Bob and Chris Belmont moved to the Boise area from Las Vegas to open a taproom and be closer to family, everything sort of happened all at once.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2025
Doctors, including a child abuse expert from Riley Children’s Health hospital in Indianapolis, concluded the damage would have happened not long before the boy’s symptoms surfaced.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
However, this would not be done by various provinces and territories acting independently, as happened this week with Ontario.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
False There are no credible reports this incident happened.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Philadelphia authorities are investigating a double shooting that happened Friday outside the parade where up to 1 million Eagles fans celebrated their team’s Super Bowl LIX win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
Ford, who also opened The Butcher’s Club in Palm Beach Gardens in 2022, can’t quite believe everything that has happened in the past few months.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
What happened around the NFC East?
—Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
When Bob and Chris Belmont moved to the Boise area from Las Vegas to open a taproom and be closer to family, everything sort of happened all at once.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2025
Doctors, including a child abuse expert from Riley Children’s Health hospital in Indianapolis, concluded the damage would have happened not long before the boy’s symptoms surfaced.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
However, this would not be done by various provinces and territories acting independently, as happened this week with Ontario.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
False There are no credible reports this incident happened.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Philadelphia authorities are investigating a double shooting that happened Friday outside the parade where up to 1 million Eagles fans celebrated their team’s Super Bowl LIX win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for happened
Verb
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The January crash happened at night and the collision occurred at 278 feet.—
Russell Lewis,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2025
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Meteorologist Brooks Garner was in the middle of a storm tracker report and was showing Fox 35 viewers radar of the weather pattern overhead in Florida when the incident occurred.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Longhorns came into the conference tournament with some work to do.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner separated them by pushing Neal away as whistles blew and players came streaming off the benches at Madison Square Garden.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Happened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happened. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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