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event

[ih-vent] / ɪˈvɛnt /


NOUN
performance, competition
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You don’t arrive at a chapter and then find yourself needing to frantically page backwards to try to find the previous reference to a person or event, because it will already be present.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

She made the comments at an event organised by online newspaper The Glasgow Bell last week.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“We couldn’t be more excited for Fox Sports to present the single biggest sporting event in history taking place in our own backyard,” Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks said last year.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The stadium businesses did not similarly list their opposition to the parking and event tax initiatives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

So before delivering the ultimatum, Austria obtained a pledge of support from its ally, Germany, in the event of a war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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