occasioned

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The rise of AI technology, which requires far more energy than ordinary computing, has occasioned data centers’ dramatic numerical growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 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

This season happily occasioned the arrival of a new soloist, Ryan Tomash, currently on a leave of absence from the Royal Danish Ballet, where he is a principal dancer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

“Into the Woods” occasioned Peters’ best work, including a duet with Salonga of “Children Will Listen” and a coup de théâtre involving Little Red Riding Hood’s costume.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

Churchill came in with the equivalent of a loudhailer: delivering clumping great set pieces that occasioned Balfour’s famous taunt that his artillery was “powerful but not very mobile.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith