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synonyms for happened

  • appear
  • arise
  • arrive
  • crop up
  • develop
  • fall
  • go on
  • hit
  • materialize
  • meet
  • pass
  • result
  • take effect
  • take place
  • transpire
  • befall
  • betide
  • bump
  • chance
  • down
  • ensue
  • eventuate
  • follow
  • issue
  • light
  • proceed
  • recur
  • shake
  • smoke
  • spring
  • stumble
  • supervene
  • be found
  • become a fact
  • become known
  • become of
  • come about
  • come after
  • come into being
  • come into existence
  • come off
  • luck
  • present itself
  • stumble upon
  • turn out
  • turn up
  • what goes
On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to happened, such as: hit, materialize, develop, go on, appear, and transpire.

antonyms for happened

MOST RELEVANT
  • cease
  • disappear
  • fail
  • halt
  • lose
  • stop
  • precede
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How to use happened in a sentence

What’s happening now is a public race to secure a handful of votes from the new San Diego City Council members.
VOSD PODCAST: WHY MONTGOMERY STEPPE WANTS TO BE COUNCIL PRESIDENTNATE JOHNNOVEMBER 20, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
I think that happens from being at a program, being doubted before, being young, with people telling you what you can and can’t do and stuff like that.
WIZARDS’ PLAN FOR JOHN WALL INVOLVES FEWER MINUTES, MORE RUN FOR ISH SMITH, CASSIUS WINSTONAVA WALLACENOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Because, as Hagon told me, “without those basic things that have to happen at the community level, that have to be designed with and by the community, then you’re not going to save lives.”
NATURAL DISASTERS ARE INCREASING. THE WORLD’S POOREST ARE LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES.JARIEL ARVINNOVEMBER 20, 2020VOX
These past two weeks, we didn’t really know what was going to happen with the game on Saturday.
NAVY WILL HOST MEMPHIS AND TULSA TO MAKE UP GAMES POSTPONED BY CORONAVIRUS ISSUESKAREEM COPELANDNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POST
It can’t decideThe person receiving an alert doesn’t know who they were exposed to, or even when exactly it happened.
A COVID-FIGHTING TOOL IS BURIED IN YOUR PHONE. TURN IT ON.GEOFFREY FOWLERNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POST
He would give her a big hug and tell her how proud he was and that he knew it would happen all along.
EMILY ENGEL-NATZKE’S DAD WAS HER ‘BIGGEST FAN.’ HE DIED OF COVID-19 BEFORE HER HOCKEY TRIUMPH.SAMANTHA PELLNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POST
You don’t know if what everyone’s telling you is really going to happen.
FOR UNDRAFTED NFL ROOKIES, THE ODDS WERE EVEN LONGER THIS YEAR. ISAIAH WRIGHT MADE IT ANYWAY.SAM FORTIERNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POST
If that happens, Ball’s immediate role and long-term standing with the franchise would get complicated.
NBA DRAFT WINNERS AND LOSERS: A WIN FOR LAMELO BALL, WOE FOR THE WARRIORSBEN GOLLIVERNOVEMBER 19, 2020WASHINGTON POST
I have to say though, it’s been a while, and when it finally did happen, I just felt all kinds of emotions.
BASEBALL TOLD KIM NG NO (AND NO, AND NO) BEFORE IT FINALLY SAID YESCANDACE BUCKNERNOVEMBER 19, 2020WASHINGTON POST
In addition to running out of necessary chemicals and swabs — as happened repeatedly early in the pandemic — many labs say they are running short of other equipment, such as pipettes, a laboratory tool used to carry fluid.
LONG LINES AND DELAYED RESULTS AGAIN PLAGUE CORONAVIRUS TESTS AS THANKSGIVING APPROACHESWILLIAM WANNOVEMBER 18, 2020WASHINGTON POST
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