event

Example Sentences

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In the event of a threat, the drones and their attached cameras can provide real-time surveillance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“When we have all those eggs in one basket, you are one really warm event from losing that cohort of fish.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The decline of his career came not with a single event, but a series of shifts.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Neighbouring Arab Gulf states have frequently expressed concerns about the plant's reliability and raised the risk of radioactive leaks in the event of a major earthquake.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

There was nothing I could do for Sir Fig Newton until I was back at home, so I readjusted my focus to dragging my parents away from the event horizon with my mood-music hypothesis.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas