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event

[ih-vent] / ɪˈvɛnt /


NOUN
performance, competition
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Event lead Reece Holmes says organisers were still worried about budgets until a week before, "and it's been like that for the last two years".

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

Event promos occasionally played up drama between fighters, but nine times out of 10 the actual pre-fight interviews were primarily statements like “My opponent is very good, but I’m better and will beat him.”

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026

Elite Event Robotics did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Upon a Termination Event, Party A will pay Party B a tax-free cash distributive award based on the length of the marriage, equal to $100,000 per full year of marriage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Let it be allow’d, that he is alwayes alarm’d, and ready on his guard, at the noise of any Miraculous Event; lest his judgment should be surpriz’d by the disguises of Faith.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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