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happen

[hap-uhn] / ˈhæp ən /


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Minnesota’s missing treasurer produced a costly lesson about what happens when financial authority is diffused and accountability disappears.

From The Wall Street Journal

The title of the building isn’t a casual naming of the kind that happens when philanthropists donate to a museum and are honored with a wing named after them.

From The Wall Street Journal

Investors are likely to read that as a sign that nothing important is happening in the global economy.

From Barron's

It’s great if you can claim that jackpot all to yourself, but that doesn’t happen all the time.

From MarketWatch

This happens because their credentials are unfamiliar, or they simply don’t know the soft skills of the American job market.

From The Wall Street Journal