How to Use occurrence in a Sentence

occurrence

noun
Definition of occurrencenext
Synonyms for occurrencenext
  • Getting headaches has become a common occurrence for her.
  • Lightning is a natural occurrence.
  • These occurrences seem to have been the work of the ghost of a young girl named Sallie.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, handling the day to day occurrences within the town.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Siné, who at the time was 21, shrugged it off—a weird one-off occurrence.
    — Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2022
  • And, in the year following the fair, there are strange occurrences.
    — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
  • What is at the root of the strange occurrences at Skinwalker Ranch?
    — Brenda Cain, cleveland, 25 July 2023
  • This is just a term given to the occurrence of two moons in a single month.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Over the course of the next five years, this became a regular occurrence, the suit states.
    — William Earl, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Given that the comet hasn't been seen since the last ice age, this is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
    — Michael D'estries, Treehugger, 2 Feb. 2023
  • If one of these occurrences happens and no one notices, the out won’t be called.
    — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
  • If foamy urine is a one time occurrence, there’s no need to worry.
    — Sarah Bradley, Women's Health, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Why? Sudden death in high school sports is not a rare occurrence.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, courier-journal.com, 10 May 2023
  • This has been a common occurrence for the Dodgers during Roberts’ tenure with the club.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
  • This is a common occurrence for projects such as these.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • There was some slight redness on the foot during the first wear, but that was a one-time occurrence and didn’t happen again.
    — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2023
  • In most of the US, the occurrence of illnesses that look like the flu—ones that cause a fever and sore throat but haven’t been confirmed by a lab test—is low.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The occurrence caused a censorship ramp-up in the country.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The penumbral lunar eclipse is a rare occurrence, but avid astronomers can view it in March this year.
    — Ria Gupta, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Turpin had a 20-yard return, which seems like a weekly occurrence for him.
    — Dallas News, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Was this past fall’s heavy acorn crop due to the serious drought or just a random occurrence?
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Yeah, there’s no rap or country either, but that’s far from a new occurrence here.
    — Vulture, 1 Feb. 2024
  • And now a single-cask bottling of the esteemed is available to purchase from the Whisky Exchange, a rare occurrence in the world of Irish whiskey.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
  • But those checks, which Baker said will start going out next month, are a one-time occurrence.
    — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The mostly female production team was a rare occurrence for the time.
    — Caroline Brew, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Over the years, strange occurrences have been reported.
    — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Beate, though, was a major-league gossip who seemed to keep tabs on every occurrence in town.
    — Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
  • That’s a common occurrence in Texas, which has the highest uninsurance rate of any state.
    — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • In the rare occurrence of distress, it might be caused by an intestinal blockage due to consuming the large, fibrous leaves.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Then the words got technical and statistical: Y chromosomes, mtDNA, an occurrence 9.04 million times more likely.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024

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