as in to occur
to take place
did anything exciting happen over the summer?
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Recent Examples of happen
Would the right player have to fall to them for that to happen?
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Moments of meaning can happen in every job, every day, especially with the guidance of a great leader.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
There are examples of Premier League clubs being sold with outstanding shareholder loans where this hasn’t happened.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Six years on, United are keen to make a deal happen.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Moments of meaning can happen in every job, every day, especially with the guidance of a great leader.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
There are examples of Premier League clubs being sold with outstanding shareholder loans where this hasn’t happened.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Six years on, United are keen to make a deal happen.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happen
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These fast-moving, Mid-Atlantic hurricanes seem to occur every 40 years or so, with 2003, 1933, 1896, 1893, and 1878 all being examples.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Although most blindness occurs with age, other forms of blindness occur during childhood, which can have a variety of causes.—
Heidi Cope,
Health,
19 Apr. 2025
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There were a couple of Palm Beach restaurants added to the Bib Gourmand list, too: aioli and Palm Beach Meats, both from West Palm Beach.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Here’s hoping these two titans of the game meet one more time in the postseason before they’re done.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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But another South Florida spot did: Itamae Ao, a Nikkei-style Peruvian-Japanese spot in Miami, earned its first Michelin star.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Happen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happen. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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