- present participle of occur.
occurring
Example Sentences
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A spokesperson for Bonta’s office said in a statement: “Potential settlement talks are confidential. We cannot confirm or deny whether settlement talks are occurring or their alleged substance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“The AI genie is out of the bottle,” Tengler wrote in a Monday note, highlighting that AI adoption is occurring across diverse industries outside of tech and leading to productivity improvements.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Climate conditions across the Indian Ocean often respond to changes occurring in the Pacific Ocean.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The recent raid by OpenAI agents on the Hugging Face platform is the most notable, but others are occurring as the machines learn to teach and improve themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The children of a freedom fighter also learn not to ask their father too many questions, and I could see in their eyes that they understood that something serious was occurring.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
