occasions
Example Sentences
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On several occasions, staff "ignored" him and did not physically check on him for two hours.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
“That’s what we’ve done on several occasions, including involving me. And it’s what we’re going to do in this situation.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
She hocks back phlegm on a couple of occasions and violently rubs her tired eyes between questions.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Using the VIX’s sub-20 close as a date, those occasions were Feb. 15, 1991; March 1, 2002; May 9, 2003; and Feb. 12, 2021.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
This discipline is of such efficacy that not only does it maintain those who were born princes, but it enables men of private station on many occasions to rise to that position.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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