as in happened
to take place
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Recent Examples of occurred
The incident occurred during the episode 5 Roundtable.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
The first two racehorse deaths of 2026 in California occurred at Santa Anita.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
She was told that because physical abuse had not occurred, nothing could be done at that time, per the warrant.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Authorities said the thefts primarily occurred at the Mount Moriah Cemetery in the Philadelphia area, though remains were also removed from a cemetery in Plains Township, Luzerne County.
—David Matthews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
The carrier didn't say why the outage occurred, but offered a credit and an apology to customers.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
El Dorado sheriff’s officials said its agency investigated all five of the homicide deaths that occurred in the county in 2025, which was three more than the previous year; Placerville and South Lake Tahoe reported none.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026
The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office reported that the avalanche occurred Friday afternoon in a remote area near Longs Pass, a popular hiking spot in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Officials said that the slide occurred in the same spot where a brush fire had broken out in November.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
The first two racehorse deaths of 2026 in California occurred at Santa Anita.
—Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
She was told that because physical abuse had not occurred, nothing could be done at that time, per the warrant.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Authorities said the thefts primarily occurred at the Mount Moriah Cemetery in the Philadelphia area, though remains were also removed from a cemetery in Plains Township, Luzerne County.
—David Matthews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
The carrier didn't say why the outage occurred, but offered a credit and an apology to customers.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
El Dorado sheriff’s officials said its agency investigated all five of the homicide deaths that occurred in the county in 2025, which was three more than the previous year; Placerville and South Lake Tahoe reported none.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026
The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office reported that the avalanche occurred Friday afternoon in a remote area near Longs Pass, a popular hiking spot in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Officials said that the slide occurred in the same spot where a brush fire had broken out in November.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occurred
happened
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What happened next — her then-husband Joey Buttafuoco's 17-year-old mistress Amy Fisher showing up at her door and shooting her point-blank in the face — created an almost instant media firestorm.—
Janine Rubenstein,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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The last time this happened was in 2018, with observers in Europe reporting a brief surge of more than 100 meteors per hour.—
Michael d'Estries,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Occurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occurred. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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