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  • past participle of occur.
  • past tense form of occur.
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occurred

[uh-kurd] / əˈkɜrd /




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The order gives the Treasury five days to decide whether a qualifying event has occurred.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Instead, the largest increases occurred around predictable events such as keeper arrivals and times when the animals were moved between areas of their habitat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa's spokesperson, Manoj Gamage, has said the money is safe in Siriliya's accounts and that no fraud has occurred.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The crash occurred Sunday night outside Salinas when a black Nissan Altima, headed south on Abbott Street, collided with a white Honda CR-V that was traveling north, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

It never occurred to me to spend much time thinking about his interior life, or even that he had one at all.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse



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