occasioned
Example Sentences
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"The absence of our lawyers was occasioned by the state itself, not by ourselves," said Besigye.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
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
He said it was "not a resignation occasioned by fault or by any admission of liability".
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
She went for two hundred and eighteen dollars in a hasty exchange, a drop in price occasioned by the realities of the local market.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
