have occasion to

Example Sentences

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That law enforcement agencies and the world’s media would one day have occasion to be reading them, and that all his power and wealth would not, in fact, be enough to save him.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2025

“How far is too far, in scrubbing away a history so that we won’t remember it wrong – or, indeed, have occasion to remember it at all?” asked Mark Summers, a University of Kentucky professor.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2020

PhDD: Person who might have occasion to say, “Excuse me, my brain is up here.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2019

We don’t often have occasion to mention art exhibitions here, but a new show at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art deserves special recognition.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2018

I’m not much of an outside cat, so I rarely have occasion to consider the weather, but in Indianapolis we get eight to ten properly beautiful days a year, and this was one of them.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green