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co-occur

[koh-uh-kur] / ˌkoʊ əˈkɜr /


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French says the way influencer stressors co-occur with other stressors is similar to the way humans experience co-morbidities, such as when someone is diagnosed with heart disease.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2024

Previous studies have demonstrated that wildfires and extreme heat co-occur with great frequency, and that people’s physiological responses to the hazards are related, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2024

If you look at the way that choice occurs in common speech, both within the United States and in Ireland, it tends to co-occur with consumer things.

From Slate May 16, 2022

These sleep spindles often co-occur with slow-wave sleep, a particular frequency of slowly oscillating EEG activity.

From Washington Post Feb. 5, 2022

These so-called comorbidities—meaning the conditions co-occur with Internet addiction—include “attention-deficit hyperactivity, mood, anxiety and personality disorders.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

In every place, copies of the Borg co-occurred with DNA linked to a methane-oxidizing archaeon called Methanoperedens.

From Science Magazine Jul. 15, 2021

In the early 1980s, for instance, it was clinicians’ observations that pneumocystis pneumonia co-occurred with Kaposi’s sarcoma in men in San Francisco that led to the identification of HIV/AIDS as the common risk factor19.

From Nature Mar. 23, 2020

What happened in 2015 is that very low precipitation co-occurred with record high temperatures.

From National Geographic Sep. 14, 2015

A 2021 study of more than 42,000 caregivers of children ages 3 to 17 found that 78% of autistic children had at least one co-occurring psychiatric condition, compared with 14% of non-autistic kids.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2025

Among the most common co-occurring illnesses were chronic fatigue syndrome and mast cell activation syndrome, or MCAS, a condition where patients experience intense episodes of diarrhea, hives, vomiting, and, in many cases, life-threatening anaphylaxis attacks.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2025

Interestingly, recent research suggests this can carry over to co-occurring content.

From Salon Oct. 21, 2023

Additionally, the effects of co-occurring anxiety or depression symptoms and chronic pain negatively affected daily activities more than either condition alone.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2023

“At least 80% of the time, they have some sort of co-occurring mental health issue.”

From Seattle Times May 17, 2023




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