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occurrence

/əˈkɐɹən(t)s/

noun

specific instance of something happening

  • “The occurrence of the disease is very rare.”Tatoeba
  • “Both victory and defeat are but an everyday occurrence to a soldier.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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