occurring

present participle of occur

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of occurring Similarly, officials with the public health department will look for clusters of cases that may indicate transmission occurring in California. Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026 What makes this moment particularly compelling for industry observers is the simultaneous transformation occurring across the entire technology stack. Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Life-threatening flash flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses was occurring or was imminent. Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 And the rise of factions — from Ralph Reed on the right to Bernie Sanders on the left — will keep occurring. Mike Gecan, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026 But meetings as close as this one are quite rare, occurring on average once about every 40 years. Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 July 2026 These contain a naturally occurring bacteria called Bacillus thuringiensis israeliensis (Bti), says Markowski. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 July 2026 However, heat processing during canning altered the lutein and zeaxanthin isomers, which are structural variants considered less biologically active as antioxidants than their naturally occurring forms. Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occurring
happening
Verb
  • Long-running pop-up event Fork N’ Film leans more dinner and movie, pairing dishes directly inspired by what is happening on screen.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • An early sign that this is happening is the phenomenon of companies putting caps and limits on how much their employees can spend on AI tokens, the basic cost-unit of AI.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 July 2026

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“Occurring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occurring. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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