as in events
something that happens
life is full of random occurrences
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Recent Examples of occurrences
The most recent occurrences were July 16, 1995, and three times during the summer of 1988.
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Trey Fulbright,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
These occurrences could not be chalked up to individual choices.
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Research has found mail-voting fraud and voting by noncitizens are exceedingly rare occurrences.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Rahn said about 73% of 2024’s disconnections, about 213,200 occurrences, came from customers enrolled in Power Pay.
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Chloe Bennett-Steele,
StateImpact,
25 June 2026
Here, violence and death are daily occurrences, and getting ahead feels impossible but is always top of mind.
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Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
The supernatural psychological horror, written and helmed by Aster, follows a family rocked by grief, who begins to experience sinister and inexplicable occurrences.
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Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
When contrasted against the peak of the fentanyl crisis in 2021, when 5,791 Floridians lost their lives, the current drop to roughly 1,500 annual occurrences represents a 62% long-term decrease.
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John Koufos,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2026
The poem persists both as a series of occurrences and as a solid object.
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Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
Trey Fulbright,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
These occurrences could not be chalked up to individual choices.
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Research has found mail-voting fraud and voting by noncitizens are exceedingly rare occurrences.
—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Rahn said about 73% of 2024’s disconnections, about 213,200 occurrences, came from customers enrolled in Power Pay.
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Chloe Bennett-Steele,
StateImpact,
25 June 2026
Here, violence and death are daily occurrences, and getting ahead feels impossible but is always top of mind.
—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
The supernatural psychological horror, written and helmed by Aster, follows a family rocked by grief, who begins to experience sinister and inexplicable occurrences.
—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
When contrasted against the peak of the fentanyl crisis in 2021, when 5,791 Floridians lost their lives, the current drop to roughly 1,500 annual occurrences represents a 62% long-term decrease.
—
John Koufos,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2026
The poem persists both as a series of occurrences and as a solid object.
—
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occurrences
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Authors think humans might just be able to leverage a few tools at our disposal to change the course of huge weather events.
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Tickets were still available for purchase on the X Games website as of early Friday evening, ranging from $19 single-day entry tickets to more than $400 premium tickets with access to the concerts on top of the X Games events.
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Highlight reels are dominated by exceptional athletes doing exceptional things.
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Welcome back to Kick It, the AJC’s newsletter for all things World Cup.
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The aborted takeoff is the latest in a string of recent aviation incidents heading into the Fourth of July holiday.
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Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, said states are shouldering costs once covered by the federal government and often learn about cyber incidents through news reporting rather than federal briefings.
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Plantation police said the circumstances surrounding the child's death remain under investigation.
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Officials did not initially identify Ortiz Canseco on Thursday or disclose the circumstances surrounding his disappearance, saying his family needed to be notified first.
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His departure was first reported by Deadline, which stated that Hawkins will appear in the first three episodes of Season 14 to wrap up his character's storyline.
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New episodes, each not more than 30 minutes, are released on YouTube once a month.
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Dodds and the late Donnie Duncan, then Oklahoma’s athletic director, often discussed television happenings in the sport and began theorizing a different path.
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There are legends of ghost sightings and spooky happenings on the dirt road, like the woman who reportedly wanders it in the dark, crying out for her children.
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“Occurrences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occurrences. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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