as in caused
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
the announcement concerning the change in scheduling occasioned much confusion
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Recent Examples of occasioned
Unlike the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the act occasioned no immediate revolution.
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Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
The rankings are based on a three-year average, which smooths out spikes and dips occasioned by big events such as war or financial downturns.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
And given our political moment, there’s something useful about revisiting the rage occasioned by Clinton, Reagan, and Bush.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Mar. 2026
And so our entry into 2026 has occasioned the traditional visit to the photo archives.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2026
Sondheim’s death, in 2021, has occasioned a flurry of books about his life and his singular influence on musical theatre.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The casting of new pro Jan Ravnik for the recent season 34 occasioned a classic Maks-ism that harkened back to his time on the show.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
But with wind, only the effects of its occurrence are ever visible — the ripples on the river water, the waving motion of tree branches, the dust devils rising up from the sides of a desert dune, the dishevelment of clothes occasioned by a particularly violent gust.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
While Stuart and Billie are having that uncomfortable conversation, Kate is enjoying an impromptu lunch date with Callum, occasioned by Winfield House being on lockdown.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026
The rankings are based on a three-year average, which smooths out spikes and dips occasioned by big events such as war or financial downturns.
—Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
And given our political moment, there’s something useful about revisiting the rage occasioned by Clinton, Reagan, and Bush.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Mar. 2026
And so our entry into 2026 has occasioned the traditional visit to the photo archives.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2026
Sondheim’s death, in 2021, has occasioned a flurry of books about his life and his singular influence on musical theatre.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
The casting of new pro Jan Ravnik for the recent season 34 occasioned a classic Maks-ism that harkened back to his time on the show.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
But with wind, only the effects of its occurrence are ever visible — the ripples on the river water, the waving motion of tree branches, the dust devils rising up from the sides of a desert dune, the dishevelment of clothes occasioned by a particularly violent gust.
—Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025
While Stuart and Billie are having that uncomfortable conversation, Kate is enjoying an impromptu lunch date with Callum, occasioned by Winfield House being on lockdown.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occasioned
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The war also caused gasoline and diesel prices to surge, causing further headaches for farmers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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This legislation wants Big Oil to pay for an insurance crisis caused by the state’s price controls.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Department of Justice said former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not appear for a closed-door deposition with the committee on Tuesday, April 14 -- which has prompted bipartisan backlash from lawmakers on the committee.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The couple’s unborn baby did not survive, but their concern about the baby is what prompted them to seek the medical attention that eventually saved Carolina’s life.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Born at the zoo in 2024, Neukgu is a third-generation descendent of a group of wolves brought from Russia in 2008 as part of a project to reintroduce wolves resembling those that lived in the Korean wild before going extinct in the 1960s.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Read's attorneys claimed that O'Keefe was never hit by a vehicle, but was instead killed inside the home during a fight and then brought outside.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The artist created devotional scenes representing the fourteen Stations of the Cross.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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The book was completed months before Anthropic’s redlines generated new interest in autonomous-drone swarms and killer robots, but even then the writing was on the wall.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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The splitter, which generated a 50 percent whiff rate Tuesday, is practically unsolvable.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Occasioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occasioned. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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