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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happens (by)
looks up
Verb
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Sure enough, George looks up excitedly, having evidently heard his favorite word.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025 -
Kinnear looks up to his own mother, who was a single mom, for her parenting skills.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Happens (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happens%20%28by%29. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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