occurrences

NOUN

happening, development

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accident circumstance episode existence incidence incident instance manifestation situation

STRONG

adventure affair appearance condition contingency emergency event exigency juncture materialization occasion pass piece proceeding routine scene state thing transaction transpiration

Antonyms

STRONG

denial reality refusal

Example Sentences

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Occurrences increased by 28% between 1990 and 2019, driven largely by increases in the number of adolescents, younger adults and middle-aged adults living with congenital heart diseases.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

In 1690, one of the earliest American newspapers, Publick Occurrences, published its first - and last - edition in Boston.

From Washington Times • Sep. 25, 2018

The first issue of Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was printed on this day in 1690.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2017

In 1769, John Adams gleefully wrote in his diary about spending the evening occupied with “a curious employment. Cooking up Paragraphs, Articles, Occurrences etc. — working the political Engine!”

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2016

Occurrences and scenes like these excite the imaginative faculty, furnish material for proper thought, call into existence new emotions, give decision to character, and a purpose to action.”—pp.

From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel