occur to
phrasal verb
occurred to; occurring to; occurs to
: to be thought of by (someone)
An idea just occurred to me.
It suddenly occurred to her that there was a simpler way to deal with the problem.
Did it never occur to you to ask for help?
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That question occurred to legal scholars in recent weeks as the Police Department searched for two people who spray-painted a swastika on a Tesla parked on the Lower East Side.
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James Barron, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Her focus was originally geared towards crops to be consumed as food, and the notion of making wine never occurred to her.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The most recent data show that most births now occur to women ages 30 to 34, while a decade ago the cohort that was most likely to give birth was 25 to 29.
—Sarah Varney, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025
Even so, the idea of claiming Social Security early and investing the funds has occurred to many retirees.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
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James Barron, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
Her focus was originally geared towards crops to be consumed as food, and the notion of making wine never occurred to her.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
The most recent data show that most births now occur to women ages 30 to 34, while a decade ago the cohort that was most likely to give birth was 25 to 29.
—Sarah Varney, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025
Even so, the idea of claiming Social Security early and investing the funds has occurred to many retirees.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for occur to
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“Occur to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occur%20to. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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