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[uh-kay-zhuhn] / əˈkeɪ ʒən /






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"Some of the language used on more than one occasion and the behaviour you have exhibited could cause offence to your housemates or the viewing public."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

On occasion, she’s seen them wait more than 30 hours for care.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The occasion was a new research partnership in Louisiana.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

As a special thank-you to our Pluskateers on the occasion of Slate’s 30th anniversary, we’re sharing a little joy and a lot of characterological analysis: Muppet Theory, the 2026 Edition.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

Clara had worn her hair in a low, loose braid for the occasion, and she could feel her true self close beneath her skin, prickling just under the surface.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

She broke the women's half-marathon world record in 2017 and on three occasions in 2020.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Parents received warnings on those occasions, and their son’s e-motorcycles have been impounded twice, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Bumblebees, solitary bees and hoverflies would avoid, be displaced by and on some occasions be chased off by honey bees.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

"On several occasions we had to close the establishment because we didn't have any water...and that's what brought us to the point of having to dig the well," Martinez told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Your mouth waters at the aroma of food you get only on special occasions like Cherokee National Holiday or Cherokee days at the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"The absence of our lawyers was occasioned by the state itself, not by ourselves," said Besigye.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Caesar, Hegel writes, was driven by “an unconscious impulse that occasioned the accomplishment of that for which the time was ripe.”

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

Dr Perumbalath resigned, saying at the time it was "not a resignation occasioned by fault or by any admission of liability".

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

But by excluding the locals, the FBI has now occasioned the public to question who should be doing that investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

The buzzing occasioned by his action would not diminish for years.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Thursday’s D-Day anniversary — the 80th — is occasioning somber and anxious reflections about the fate of the Atlantic alliance.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

Land in and around Cal State Long Beach is the sacred ancestral home of the Tongvas’ divine founder and lawgiver, Chingishish, and ancient human remains have been discovered there over the years, occasioning ceremonial reburials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

"The CPS has today informed the court that we will seek a retrial of PC Ellen Bettley-Smith for an assault on Dalian Atkinson occasioning actual bodily harm," CPS head of special crime, Rosemary Ainslie, said.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2021

The reality of globalization and the cyber revolution is likely occasioning another reformation of Christianity.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2017

Theresa poked a finger in a soft spot of plaster, occasioning a moist avalanche.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen


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