- present tense form of happen (3rd person singular).
happens
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Figuring out how to make our money last — and what happens if you need long-term healthcare — is another matter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Her mission: To find what happens to tens of thousands of dead trees being cut and trucked out of California’s Sierra Nevada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The 2026 model is the first of the vehicle’s sixth generation, representing the kind of major change in design and components that happens about every five or six years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"I've been talking to him at length. I've asked him to release him. Let's see what happens," Trump told journalists in Washington.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
With her son-in-law and the mayor of San Francisco, who happens to be a physician, standing by as witnesses, Phineas's coffin is uncovered and carried to a shed.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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