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occurrences

noun

plural of occurrence

as in events

something that happens life is full of random occurrences

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Recent Examples of occurrences Neither immediately confirmed the animals had washed ashore, though a DEP spokesperson said such occurrences are not uncommon. — Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 In addition, this upcoming season will mark the third time that the Heat has played on Christmas in the last decade, with the other occurrences coming in 2020 and 2023. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 The following occurrences can likely be remedied with a simple maintenance visit. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 6 Aug. 2026 Their resultant study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters documents one of the rarest cosmic occurrences on record, while also raising new questions about what’s possible during a supernova explosion. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026 Two of the previous three occurrences, following the 2009 and 2011 lows, led to strong upside continuation. — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 The Kansas City Royals began Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins with a pair of rare occurrences. — Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 Yet some strange — lower-case strange, not upper-case Strange — occurrences are happening both around and to Spider-Man that are cause for serious concern. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026 Other Live personalities have also opened up about various health occurrences this year, with the show’s longtime emcee and resident DJ, Déjà Vu, revealing in April that she was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, which causes facial paralysis. — Entertainment Weekly, 27 July 2026

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Noun

The House of the Dragon Scorecard is an accounting of the events of this week’s season-three finale, in which points are awarded to characters on a scale of 0 to 10.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Seemingly disconnected except by my mother’s witness, these two events illustrate how tragedies can galvanize change.

— Dr. Marianne Parshley, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of events

Noun

The City of Atlanta and Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners have been trading negotiations over the sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center, and things have started to get ugly.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The month of August offers some respite, a chance to reflect and reset before September kicks things into gear once more.

— Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of things

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The Southern Omani route, an alternative temporary corridor in the strait, remains the highest-risk, accounting for 16 of 18 projectile strike incidents reported by the UKMTO since July 6.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
The Institute for Justice, a nonprofit law firm specializing in civil liberties cases, identified over 100 incidents of automatic license plate reader abuse, including stalking and wrongful stops.

— Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of incidents

Noun

And yet while some clubs of a similar size were happy to keep selling players to re-invest, Tottenham generally only did so with first-team players in very specific circumstances.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Making this call can sometimes be a tough decision and of course everybody is different and has different circumstances.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of circumstances

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Something extraordinary these episodes illustrate, in our view, is the vulnerability of America’s highly interconnected fresh-food supply chain, in which one grower or supplier problem can ripple astonishingly far.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Symptoms Symptoms typically emerge between two weeks and a year after birth, although about 90% of episodes happen within four weeks.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of episodes

Noun

The story centers on James and Lou, a young couple who encounter increasingly disturbing happenings in their new home.

— William Earl, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
In the way that entertainment websites used to dedicate manpower to recaps of Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad, bloggers are now committed to the happenings of Below Deck and Real Housewives.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026

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