How to Use in the event in a Sentence

in the event

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  • They can also be used in the event of a freak storm that might drop hail or snow.
    — Jack Dura, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The sessions are planned to take place outdoors, but in the event of inclement weather, will move indoors.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • By participating in the event, attendees consent to the use of their likenesses.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Instead, the county demanded Flock Safety take out insurance policies in the event of data breaches.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 1 July 2026
  • His previous best finish in the event came the next year, when he was tied for 11th at 13-under 267 in 2020.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • Part of the high cost, NPR explains, is because rabies treatment, while crucial in the event of a bite, is still relatively low in demand.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Nobody has ever eaten more than 70 hot dogs in the event except for Chestnut, who has done it — buns included — seven times, including in 2025.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026
  • In the men's 110 hurdles, there's Ja’Kobe Tharp, the standout from Auburn who broke the world record in the event at the NCAA championships last month.
    — ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Not long afterward, he was elected president on a platform deeply hostile to the West and its liberal ideology, and especially to the United States — threatening a hard fight in the event of war.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Tonight — or, in the event of a close race, when ballot processing wraps up in the coming days — either Weiser or Bennet will emerge from a yearlong political battle as the Democratic nominee for governor.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 30 June 2026
  • Chestnut competed in the event while serving a 180-day probation sentence after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from drunkenly slapping a man in an Indiana bar earlier this year.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • How McHenry became interim speaker A post-9/11 rule required House speakers to keep a secret list of successors who could step up and run the chamber in the event something happened to him or her.
    — Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
  • The purpose of the 34 mile pipeline from Middletown to Montville is to increase pressure in the existing distribution system and enable the company to continue gas service in the event of a failure by bypassing the trouble spot.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • For example, a student can’t be prohibited from using a smartphone in the event of an emergency or if using a smartphone is required in a student’s individualized education program, also known as an IEP.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The crisis that healthcare professionals on and off the island have been denouncing for years has mobilized nonprofit health organizations in Miami, which are preparing to act immediately in the event sociopolitical change comes to the island.
    — Sarah Moreno july 1, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

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