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occasion

[uh-key-zhuhn] / əˈkeɪ ʒən /






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There are a number of community events happening across Yorkshire to mark the occasion:

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

There is no reason to believe that such heroes won’t once again rise to the occasion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Fortunately, at least on occasion these do reappear and give us some exciting new research opportunities.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Again, I was surprised — and flattered — to find myself on the guest list, and naturally I wanted to know what the occasion was.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

I’d seen them on occasion in the dining hall, and we’d bumped into one another at the library, I was almost certain.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

“The energy drink category continues to attract new consumers, expand usage occasions and increase household penetration,” said Chief Executive Hilton Schlosberg.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

During his time in England, the Egyptian won the Premier League Golden Boot on four occasions and was named the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year three times - in 2018, 2022 and 2025.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Still, I immediately wondered what the occasions were.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

It was the third time in four Winter Olympics that Team GB had won five medals, but they had only ever won a maximum of one gold medal on the previous occasions.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

I look at my shoes, polished up nice the way my grandpa used to insist for formal occasions.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

"The absence of our lawyers was occasioned by the state itself, not by ourselves," said Besigye.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Caesar, Hegel writes, was driven by “an unconscious impulse that occasioned the accomplishment of that for which the time was ripe.”

From Salon Mar. 28, 2026

But by excluding the locals, the FBI has now occasioned the public to question who should be doing that investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 13, 2026

“Into the Woods” occasioned Peters’ best work, including a duet with Salonga of “Children Will Listen” and a coup de théâtre involving Little Red Riding Hood’s costume.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2025

That cry usually occasioned a dozen mirrors thrust out of cells so that inmates could get a good look at her.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Thursday’s D-Day anniversary — the 80th — is occasioning somber and anxious reflections about the fate of the Atlantic alliance.

From Seattle Times Jun. 5, 2024

Land in and around Cal State Long Beach is the sacred ancestral home of the Tongvas’ divine founder and lawgiver, Chingishish, and ancient human remains have been discovered there over the years, occasioning ceremonial reburials.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2024

But a jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court found her not guilty of two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2023

Thirteen weeks into his voyage, Jakub’s wife, Lenka, leaves him, occasioning a major reckoning with his motives for undertaking such a dangerous mission.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2017

Theresa poked a finger in a soft spot of plaster, occasioning a moist avalanche.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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