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occurrence

[uh-kur-uhns, uh-kuhr-] / əˈkɜr əns, əˈkʌr- /


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The biggest change Macmanus made in his adaptation comes in the fourth episode, “An Occurrence at Randall Kirby’s Sink.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2021

Occurrence of ADD/ADHD is known to decrease with exercise.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2018

Bierce has a basic human sympathy for his protagonist in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 11, 2015

And they toss away all plausibility for the final scene — unless that’s a reference to Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”

From Time • Sep. 9, 2014

Occurrence, however, seems to be partly subterranean and always local; seemingly good habitat frequently appears to lack the animals.

From Natural History of the Salamander, Aneides hardii by Johnston, Richard F.




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