transpires

present tense third-person singular of transpire

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of transpires Indeed, a good portion of the action transpires at a 3-star Michelin restaurant presided over by a maître d’hôtel with extraordinary attention to detail. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026 These are all questions that are going to present themselves over the next week, and there are plenty of other schools paying attention to what transpires in both Louisiana and Texas court rooms. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Schneider says there is a presiding belief that the presence of body cameras will influence what transpires between civilians and law enforcement officers. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 What transpires is the best scene in the movie, following two people lifted by collaboration, bonded through booze and creativity, freely sharing notes on each other’s songs. — Adam Graham, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026 There’s still plenty of ground to cover, including what transpires in the Earth Kingdom capital of Ba Sing Sei and the arrival of fan-favorite Toph (Miyako), the blind earthbender and a crucial member of Team Avatar. — Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026 For her clients, Crockett functions, both on set or off, as a sort of artistic ally in a process that typically transpires in solitude. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026 No matter what transpires on the field, though, the cementing of the club’s foundation in Miami proper should be the first line of its year in review. — Avi Creditor, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2026 As a result of that, what transpires in one country naturally affects us as neighbors. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transpires
Verb
  • But Barra knows that the idea will make some consumers uneasy—and GM, more than most companies, knows exactly what happens when customers don’t feel safe.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • What happens next is conveyed almost entirely through flashbacks to dinners that weren’t interesting enough to become full scenes.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Physical encounter with the work occurs in the present tense.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • At 20 feet, lowland flooding occurs along the river’s east and west banks.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Mathematicians strongly suspect that there is a genuinely knotty loop that also has a Jones polynomial 1.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That is a hard thing to ask of organizations with famously small margins, if there is any margin worth mentioning.
    — John Mildenberger, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Transpires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transpires. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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