Thesaurus results for OCCURS

occurs

verb

present tense third-person singular of occur

as in happens

to take place let me know when the lunar eclipse is scheduled to occur

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Recent Examples of occurs However, its point of greatest eclipse occurs just a few miles from Thebes, the magnificent religious and political capital of ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Consequently, even if a down cycle occurs, it is not expected to show the same sharp decline seen in the past. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 El Niño occurs when warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures develop in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. — Albert Ramon, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 The less severe, non-invasive gastrointestinal listeriosis and invasive listeriosis, which occurs when the Listeria spreads beyond the intestines. — Eva Flowe october 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026 Officials say the deployment targets trafficking and cartel activity, but critics note crossings fell after asylum restrictions and much drug smuggling occurs through ports of entry. — Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 The drill is intended to help people prepare for an earthquake before one occurs, according to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. — Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The Draconids are the result of Earth intersecting with a trail from the comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, and occurs in October each year when the planet nears the comet’s orbit. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 The work focuses on a loss mechanism known as Boltzmann loss, which occurs because a material that absorbs light can also emit it. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

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happens

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For the technology leader responsible for keeping essential services running, these details provide a basis for assessing what protections exist and what happens in an extreme scenario.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The conversational layer may be what a borrower sees, but the difficult work happens deeper in the stack, where documents, rules, calculations, decisions, and transaction states have to remain connected.

— Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026