transpired

past tense of transpire

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of transpired The incident is one of several examples involving federal agents where witness accounts and video footage have at times contradicted the federal account of what transpired, such as the fatal shooting of US citizen Renee Good in Minneapolis. — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026 Or at least whether everything that’s transpired has changed her relationship with her debut novel. — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026 Your soul-searching is concluding mid-month, backed up by plenty of receipts and evidence of what really transpired. — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026 Thus, no matter what really transpired with Starlink's suspension of service to Ukraine, Musk may now face customers diversifying away from total reliance on SpaceX as his ultimate reckoning. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Of course, the Glee cast is going to have their work cut out for them, given more than a decade has transpired since the original series went off the air in 2015 and a lot more contenders have emerged in the years after. — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2026 The second storyline takes place in 2026 and concerns the murder of none other than Hal Jordan, who returned to Rushville as a social pariah after the terrible events that transpired 10 years before. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 And those expectations are truly centered around what transpired here in Bloomington. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 What transpired in Week 5 has left them wrestling with questions on both offense and defense. — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transpired
Verb
  • That, however, never happened and an attorney eventually petitioned for his release.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • His death happened two weeks after his release tour for High, Lonesome and Then Some was canceled following Snider’s involvement in a still-unclear incident in Salt Lake City that landed him in a hospital and in jail.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The attack occurred along a section of the waterfront path overlooking Gravesend Bay, with views of Staten Island and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the Post reported.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Most spectators had already left the stadium after the game when the shooting occurred nearby, where vendors were set up along the street, Pickett said.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

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“Transpired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transpired. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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