occasion

Example Sentences

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Father-of-five Jason Day jokingly described the occasion as "a circus", with Clark adding: "As a man with no kids I'll say it's great birth control but it's a lot of fun."

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Many of us who covered Trump’s first administration heard him on occasion screaming at someone in the Oval Office.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

On occasion he called for a cut of three-quarters of a point or more, from the 4.5% rate a year ago to “1% or better.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

It was the first known occasion in around half a century that the U.S. had reverse-engineered another country’s military technology for its own use, former defense officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

I’m not sure what I expected to feel when we walked up to that massive building, but I thought my heart would match the occasion.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller