Thesaurus results for INCIDENTS

incidents

noun

plural of incident

as in events

something that happens the odd little incident was reported in the local paper

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as in accompaniments

something that is found along with something else a teen discovering that taxes are the inevitable and evil incident of a paying job

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Recent Examples of incidents The statement did not comment directly on the findings of incidents of abuse by Ukrainian forces. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026 Officials will also consider requiring independent verification of AI companies' safety frameworks and risk reports, while expanding the kinds of critical safety incidents companies must report to the state. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 The letter cites a recent WPLN and ProPublica investigation that found that juvenile justice facilities run by Tennessee businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse of children and other serious incidents to the state as required. — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026 Might that be why the Anti-Defamation League reported a 360% increase in antisemitic incidents since Hamas' attack on Israel three Octobers ago? — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Similar life-threatening incidents have occurred over the years. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 The incident follows two fatal gun incidents since June at schools in the Philippines, where school shootings were previously rare. — CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 Over the course of the recovery effort, total outage incidents exceeded 374,500. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 OpenAI is developing a framework for investigating and disclosing security incidents. — Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Then a bad pit stop set off a sequence of events that cost him dearly.

— Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
The day’s events are measured in minutes, a ticking clock; the grief in years, a beating heart.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of events

Noun

Pasta salad, potato salad, or other summer vegetable dishes also make perfect accompaniments.

— Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2026
Here’s what to order Country ham and butter The housemade bread service, consisting of fluffy pitas and airy focaccia, comes with a number of possible accompaniments.

— Anthony Todd, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of accompaniments

Noun

Erin then complains about her daughter and drones on about all sorts of things that no one can even pretend to care about.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
These were pretty innocuous in the grand scheme of things, but were hanging as a PR headache for Ferrari heading to its home race.

— Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of things

Noun

There are legitimate circumstances in which content may be corrected, challenged or removed.

— Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Seat belt use may be considered as part of the broader circumstances surrounding a collision, but general danger is not evidence that this particular crash produced a worse fracture pattern or a worse spinal finding than a belt would have.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of circumstances

Noun

The panelists also said the weekly release of TV episodes, bucking Netflix’s general convention of releasing full seasons in a binge-drop, was something that resonated with viewers.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
All eight episodes of The Lizzie Borden Story are now streaming on Netflix.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of episodes

Noun

As dark occurrences begin to shatter the quiet of their isolated home, the boy is forced to navigate a harrowing psychological nightmare where the line between real-world madness and supernatural terror blurs.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
The occurrences have involved United, American and Southwest aircraft that were landing, taking off or preparing for departure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

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