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occurrence

[uh-kur-uhns, uh-kuhr-] / əˈkɜr əns, əˈkʌr- /


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An unusual occurrence with breadth and the stock market just occurred.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

When Evans derails the conversation again, a new question pops up — an occurrence in this film as natural and frequent as breathing.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Last month, anglers spotted a giant whale shark swimming off Malibu and Santa Barbara Island, a rare occurrence probably driven by warmer waters from El Niño.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

It was an almost unprecedented occurrence from a club that has always been renowned for being careful with investment in their team, and it sent expectations from many Spurs supporters through the roof.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The delusion was deeper, in the core of my mind, which invented in the very moment of occurrence, then recorded the fiction.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The president said he had "directed the Nigerian Air Force to immediately commence a thorough investigation into the cause of the crash to prevent future occurrences".

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

It’s not merely that security breaches exposing the personal information of up to hundreds of millions of people have become almost daily occurrences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

As far as we know, hacks carried out by AI agents are still quite rare occurrences - but then again, it is largely up to companies themselves to disclose them.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Profit growth has also been unusually high, in large part due to one-off occurrences.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 9, 2026

Ishmael, a native, could not understand how such transitory and accidental occurrences gained the upper hand in their view of things.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson


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