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- verb Present participle of
occur . - noun The
action of the verb tooccur . - adjective in combination That occurs in a specified manner.
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Examples
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During this period, which they describe as occurring between AD 885 and 1235, the outer part of Igaliku Fjord experienced enhanced vertical mixing which they attribute to increased wind stress that would have been expected to increase nutrient availability there.
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If they do maintain that they are more excellent than he, let them prove themselves so by their works, for they have never pretended to anything like [what he describes as occurring to himself].
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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The calcspar is extremely abundant at Bergen Hill, where it might be mistaken for many of the other minerals which I describe as occurring there, and even in preference to them, to one's great chagrin upon arriving home and testing it, to find that it is nothing but calcite.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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To prevent any such misapprehension, I will observe that the events which I describe as occurring before me, have all taken place within forty-eight hours in and near the house of Mr. Townsend, of Spa-hill, Kilfinane, county
Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Bernard H. Becker
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In these and in all other instances of this term occurring in Homer, it is observable, that it is always in the same acceptation, and uniformly precedes the same word, αριστος.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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So anyone promising you that adopting a particular monetary system will thereby prevent those cycles from occurring is no more worthy of your attention than a snake oil salesman.
Matthew Yglesias » Fama: Bank Failures Could Have Been Sorted Out “In a Week or Two” 2010
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The most common instances of this occurring is not union protests but anti-abortion protests outside the homes of doctors and clinic staff members.
The Volokh Conspiracy » SEIU Picketing on Someone’s Front Porch? 2010
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But with the far-left triumvirate of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid running things, the odds of either of these events actually occurring is exactly zero.
CNN Poll: Most Americans say their tax dollars are wasted 2010
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To take another example of missteps in "The Sun's Heartbeat," the formation of the sun is described as occurring in a "plain-vanilla" cloud of hydrogen gas; the cloud was roughly 25% helium.
Solar Illumination John Gribbin 2011
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The interaction between the benzamidenafil and the organic nitrates can cause a "life-threatening" risk of a sudden and large drop in blood pressure, the FDA said in a press release, while noting that the probability of such an interaction occurring is unknown.
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