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occasion

[uh-key-zhuhn] / əˈkeɪ ʒən /






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On this occasion, Struyven is hiking his targets but providing justification as to why the increases are relatively modest despite turbulence in the Persian Gulf.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

No clerk leans across the counter and demands proof that a candle-worthy occasion has actually occurred.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew described the occasion as one of the most remarkable exits the sport had seen.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

To mark the occasion, he created a profile on X, and within three hours of posting “hello,” he already had 300,000 followers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Rather than lend his presence to the occasion, Adams had taken the four o’clock stage out of town that morning in order to rejoin Abigail.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

It was the place where rained-out sporting events and umbrellas at the Rose Parade were so rare they were occasions for big news.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

That’s assuming the stock market performs as it did on average following past occasions when the Federal Reserve began raising rates following a rate-cut cycle — so-called first hikes.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

The 80-year-old former reality TV star has previously traded barbs with Meghan on a number of occasions.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

They said over the past 18 years, Davis implicated himself on four separate occasions through interviews with federal and local investigators, appearances in television and YouTube documentaries, and his memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

“On rare occasions will one be an assistant. One must travel to Changing Woman and explain why an assistant is necessary. No, I do not have one.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

His dismay at Tehran’s recent impertinence, however, has occasioned helter-skelter statements.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 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

Dr Perumbalath resigned, saying at the time it was "not a resignation occasioned by fault or by any admission of liability".

From BBC Jan. 16, 2026

The final vote occasioned great celebration among those who had worked so hard to bring it to fruition.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

But if the ritual is rote and simple, the human stories occasioning it are the opposite.

From Washington Post Jul. 27, 2020

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

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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