as in happening
to take place
let me know when the lunar eclipse is scheduled to occur
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Recent Examples of occurring
Michael Scott Fischer, an assistant professor at the University of Miami who studies rapid intensification, told me that evidence is emerging that rates of rapid intensification are becoming more extreme and that the phenomenon is occurring more frequently.
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Sara Sneath, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
Tropical storm conditions are occurring in Jamaica, and catastrophic hurricane-force winds are expected to begin during the next few hours.
—Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Attendees watched a video feed of the exercise occurring nearby on Pendleton’s Red Beach while a narrator gave a play-by-play of the action over a loudspeaker.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
Muscha added that the threat of frost is occurring a little later than normal this year.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Now, high-precision GPS and other geophysical data reveal rebound occurring over decades, even years.
—Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Sara Sneath, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.
—Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
Tropical storm conditions are occurring in Jamaica, and catastrophic hurricane-force winds are expected to begin during the next few hours.
—Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Attendees watched a video feed of the exercise occurring nearby on Pendleton’s Red Beach while a narrator gave a play-by-play of the action over a loudspeaker.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
Muscha added that the threat of frost is occurring a little later than normal this year.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Now, high-precision GPS and other geophysical data reveal rebound occurring over decades, even years.
—Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occurring
happening
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Even human intelligence will follow, as visual reconnaissance teams view what is happening in other settlements or try to recruit sources who live and work there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Just as the trash from a house can reveal, say, whether the inhabitants are vegetarians, metabolites reveal what’s happening inside the body.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Occurring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occurring. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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